Police Custody Recovery Coordinator

Overview:
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

We have an exciting opportunity for a** Recovery Coordinator - Police Custody** who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

Our Croydon service is multi-disciplinary, that consist of a service manager, consultant psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, health care assistants, recovery staff, volunteers, administrators and peer mentors, all focused on bringing the individuals using our services the best possible support & interventions.

**Location**:Croydon

**Allowances**: £2,163.27 Outer London Weighting

**Hours**: 37.5 per week

**Salary**: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 dependent on experience

**Contract**:Permanent

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**:
The Police Custody worker will act as the main coordinator providing comprehensive assessments; coordinate the support plan from police custody by liaising with relevant agencies such as probation and treatment services.- Work as part of a team to identify people in police custody who have a history of substance misuse and who are not in treatment.- Actively engage this cohort to encourage those not in service to seek support.- Act as a Single Point of Contact in police custody suite for drug and alcohol related treatment questions.- To support information sharing and shared processes between all relevant partners to affect a safe, seamless and successful plan from police custody.- To work with local communities including criminal justice partners to ensure the provision of naloxone and overdose prevention information is provided at the point of release.- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Support criminal justice services to better understand local drug and alcohol support, treatment
pathways, harm minimisation approaches and provide information on the suitability of treatment
interventions.

**About you**:

- Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field.
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills.
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills.
- Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice.
- Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders.
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others.
- Have the passion to make a difference in the lives of those you support, creating respectful and safe environments where people who use our services feel able to make lasting and significant change.- Have the ability to connect quickly and meaningfully with new people and be confident supporting those facing acute difficulties.

**What we will give to you**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Refer a Friend Scheme.