Male Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live • Norfolk, VA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Change Grow Live is seeking a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator to join its Great Yarmouth team in Norfolk. The role supports people using the service to change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals and reach their potential. CGL Norfolk provides holistic, personalised support, including one-to-one sessions and medical treatment, to support individuals’ treatment and recovery journeys.

The successful applicant will support service users from their entry into the service through treatment and recovery, providing screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral. The post involves supporting social reintegration, meaningful and purposeful lives, recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination, as well as contributing to group programmes and workshops. The coordinator will liaise with courts, police, probation and other professionals and partner agencies, promote carer, service-user and community involvement, assess suitability and safeguarding needs for group work, carry out risk assessments and management, and follow confidentiality, consent and safeguarding requirements.

This is a permanent, full-time position of 37.5 hours per week, based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is a genuine occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 that the successful applicant be male. The role requires enhanced DBS clearance and HMPPS security clearance. It is not eligible for visa sponsorship; applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Requirements

• Must be male, as this is a genuine occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010.
• Be able to obtain and maintain prison security clearance.
• Have an understanding of substance misuse issues and experience working in a similar field.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and proficient IT skills.
• Be proactive and able to work on own initiative, with excellent time-management and prioritisation skills.
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in partnership with professionals, agencies and internal and external stakeholders.
• Understand information governance processes and commit to applying required safeguards.
• Already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application; visa sponsorship is not available.
• Complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain HMPPS security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from the point of entry into the service and throughout their treatment and recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral.
• Support service users’ social reintegration and help them lead meaningful and purposeful lives, promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination.
• Support group work programmes or workshops designed to meet service users’ needs.
• Liaise and work with other professionals and partnership agencies, including courts, police and probation.
• Promote carer, service-user and community involvement.
• Assess suitability for group work, including safeguarding risks and special requirements.
• Carry out risk assessments and risk management.
• Adhere to confidentiality requirements and ensure consent to share information supports trusting therapeutic relationships.
• Follow relevant safeguarding processes.

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing by one day for each year of service up to 30 days after five years.
• A paid wellness hour each week.
• Wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays and other benefits.
• Friendly and supportive team.
• Training, career development and progression opportunities.
• Refer-A-Friend scheme.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed