Recovery Coordinator

Overview:
Are you passionate about supporting people to achieve positive outcomes?

We are looking for exceptional people to coordinate the care and support of people going through recovery from drugs and/or alcohol.

You will need to have experience of managing caseloads of people and know how to manage risk and minimise harm. You will also need knowledge of substance misuse and related issues, through a previous professional role, academic study or from personal recovery experience.

**Responsibilities**:
**Responsibilities**

This role will be predominantly supporting people pre and post-detox, into and through aftercare.

You will be focused on helping people to achieve positive outcomes by coordinating their personalised recovery journey, through thorough assessment and support planning. You will oversee their participation in group programmes, courses, treatment, and medical reviews, whilst continually managing risk and minimizing harm.

You will be open, compassionate, and driven to provide the very best care and support for everyone. You will need to be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and be comfortable working with multiple teams internally and externally.
- Substance misuse services
- Rehabilitation services
- Support worker within elderly care or with adults with a learning disability
- Prison service
- Children’s services, supporting young people
- Hospitals and other medical practices

**To be successful you will need to have**:

- An understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
- Experience in managing caseloads of people within a CQC registered service
- A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions
- Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency.
- The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports.
- Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
- Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
- Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.