Rough Sleepers 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.

A fantastic, new opportunity has arisen to become a **Rough Sleepers and Homeless **Recovery Co-ordinator**, supporting rough sleeping individuals throughout their treatment journey and successfully supporting their move on into suitable housing arrangements. We are hoping this role will be for you.

**Where**:Stevenage

**Hours**:37.5hrs per week (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

**Salary**: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 (CGL Scale 23-28) dependent on experience, Pro Rata plus Outer London Fringe Weighting of £683.99

**Responsibilities**:
Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Have you the energy and drive to help launch a new service?

As a part of Change Grow Live team you’ll help people get to where they want to be and make a difference in their lives.

Change, Grow, Live services and staff provide wraparound support to rough sleepers and will work directly with emergency accommodation to support the staff with this group of people. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals and friendly faces to help support people in leading healthier lives.

You will focus on engaging with people who have a history of rough sleeping and substance misuse. You will have some experience of engaging with individuals with multiple and/or complex needs and demonstrate a determined approach to finding solutions. Some knowledge of one or more of the following is required:
Homelessness

Mental health

Criminal Justice System

Substance misuse

**About the role**:

- Establishing effective communication and referral pathways those individuals who are homeless and in contact with other health and care agencies
- Work closely with the local authority, Health & Social care sector, partners and any provision linked to Homelessness and improve joint working, attending multi-disciplinary meetings when as and when required
- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Coordinate the transfer of any accommodated out of area individual. This may include referral to and liaison with their new drug and alcohol service and pharmacy and provision of bridging prescription until an appointment and prescription is provided. Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination

**About you**:

- Prior knowledge and experience of working with people who are homeless, sleeping rough or sofa surfing
- Have a strong knowledge and understanding of substance misuse issues
- Experience of engaging with a wide variety of individuals with a variety of backgrounds and needs
- 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

**What we will give to you**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc
- A friendly and supportive team Training, career development & progression opportunities

**_ Please read attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification_**

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

You will have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you will be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.