Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator - Assessment

Change Grow Live; Trafford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness hour

Wellness hub & EAP

Pension scheme

Employee discounts

Refer a friend bonus

Eye tests

Career progression

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator - Assessment to join the Warrington service. You will work with people using our services, delivering intensive assessment and case management to support those on IOM and DRR/ATR pathways within the criminal justice system.

Reporting to the Criminal Justice Team Leader, you will liaise with probation services, ensure quality governance, and help reduce reoffending while addressing substance misuse and mental health needs.

Qualifications

• Good IT skills and experience in carrying out assessments of service users in health, social care, and criminal justice sectors.
• Knowledge and experience of recording and managing risk
• Ability to engage with drug and alcohol misusers and offenders
• Experience contributing to multi-agency meetings
• Ability to work autonomously, safely, and creatively away from the office
• Good communication skills and experience of interagency working
• Clean driving licence and access to your own transport

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive assessment and case management to offenders with complex needs
• Collaborate with Warrington probation service within IOM and DRR/ATR contexts
• Support service users to address challenges including substance misuse and mental health
• Contribute to governance and quality of service delivery
• Communicate effectively with service users, colleagues, and stakeholders across the Warrington partnership

Skills

Assessment

Risk management

Interagency work

Autonomous working

IT skills

Job description

Overview

At Change Grow Live, we believe that every person deserves access to high-quality, compassionate and effective support.

We're looking for a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator - Assessment within the Warrington service ensuring that every person who accesses our service receives the best possible support

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

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator- Assessment with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Where: Warrington

Hours:Fulltime, 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract of 12 months

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

With this role you’ll be working as part of the criminal justice team based in the Warrington service.

This post will be working in collaboration with Warrington probation service and emanates in part from the significant drive by the Government as part of its new national Combatting Drugs Strategy. This position forms part of our local partnership vision for strengthening our work with the criminal justice system, and particularly Warrington probation, to support service users on the integrated offender management (IOM) scheme and those on community treatment requirements such as DRR's and ATR's.

Reporting to the Criminal Justice Team Leader, you will have responsibility for providing intensive assessment and case management services to a cohort of offenders with complex needs.

We are seeking an individual with a solution-focused approach to assist service users in addressing a variety of challenges including substance misuse, mental health concerns, and offending behaviour.Also, someone who shares our ambition and drive to support our partner agencies in reducing reoffending, and to address and reduce the number of drug and alcohol related deaths.

You will become an integral member of the criminal justice team, and you will be expected to contribute to the general running of the service through supporting our service users, ensuring the good governance and quality of our operations, and moreover the authentic service user focus of our delivery.

You will be expected to be a good communicator, transparent and candid in your relationship with our service users, colleague’s, and our stakeholders from across the Warrington partnership.

In return you will be joining a resilient and purposeful service and an organisation that has aspiration for its staff and the people it serves at its core.

Person Specification:

• Good IT skills and experience in carrying out assessments of service users in health, social care, and criminal justice sectors.
• Knowledge and experience of recording and managing risk
• The ability to strike up a rapport and engage with drug and alcohol misusers and offenders.
• Experience of contributing to multi-agency meetings.
• Be able to work autonomously, safely, and creatively, using your own initiative away from the office
• Good communication skills and experience of interagency working.
• A clean driving license and access to your own transport

What We Offer:

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour weekly.
• 'Wellness' hub and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Varied benefits incl. shopping, cinema, and holiday discounts.
• Supportive team, training, career progression opportunities.
• Competitive rates of pay, free eye tests, product discounts.
• Refer a friend scheme with generous vouchers if successful.

A note about using AI in your application

AI can be areally helpfultool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However,what we're most interested in you.

We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

The successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain HMPPS security clearance

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

2/11/2026

Closing Date

25/10/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Amanda Gilmartin | [e-mail] | 07435551509