Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Change Grow Live is 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 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. With this role you’ll be working as part of the Opiate Team and with clients in medically assisted treatment (MAT).

Requirements

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of working with individuals that may present with conflict or challenging behaviour.
• 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.
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards.
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of service users and act as their main point of contact
• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning including onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• 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
• Work in collebaration with the clinical team, prescribing and external services including multi disciplinary services
• Manage complex needs and crisis situations
• Complete and update Risk assessments and Safeguarding referrals when needed

Benefits

• Dedicated weekly Wellness Hour
• Access to our Wellness Hub
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Extensive training
• Funded learning
• Pathways into senior or specialist roles
• Transparent pay
• Contributory pension scheme
• Additional support through our wellbeing resources
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service
• Supportive, values-led team
• Discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more
• Refer a Friend scheme

What This Job Offers

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