Substance Issues Recovery Coordinator

12 hours ago

Manchester England, United Kingdom Hays Full time

Join the team at a well-known charity in Manchester City Centre as a Recovery Co-ordinator working alongside the Recovery team, reporting into the Leadership team.

This is a temporary role, for a minimum of 3 months and aim to start as soon as possible.

We are offering full-time hours of 40 hours a week, from Monday to Friday.

Enhanced DBS on the Update Service is a requirement for this role.

Experience in a similar role and dealing with substance issues is essential.
Your new role

  • Engaging service users from initial contact and supporting them throughout their treatment and recovery process
  • Carrying out initial screenings, conducting assessments, developing recovery-focused plans and coordinating referrals to appropriate services
  • Minimising the impact of substance misuse through targeted interventions
  • Encouraging active participation from both internal and external parties to strengthen support systems
  • Acting as a liaison to help individuals access relevant external services and multi-agency support
  • Assisting people in rebuilding social connections and routines, empowering them to live fulfilling lives through resilience, peer engagement, and self-directed recovery

What you'll need to succeed

  • Experience in a similar setting, dealing with substance misuse/dependency and giving relevant harm reduction advice
  • Must have experience managing own caseload.
  • Provide frontline support including duty cover, triage, appointment scheduling and occasional client assessments
  • Coordinate tailored care plans using motivational techniques, incorporating psychosocial support, clinical input and harm reduction strategies
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments with community resource mapping and goal-driven recovery planning
  • Act as lead care coordinator for service users, overseeing progress reviews and multi-agency referrals
  • Enhanced DBS on the update service is necessary.

What you'll get in return

  • Weekly Pay
  • Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella
  • Full Time hours

What you need to do now

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