Recovery Coordinator

Change, Grow, Live; Bathgate; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate Recovery Coordinators to join their dedicated team. In this impactful role, you will support individuals on their recovery journey, collaborating to create personalized plans and providing vital resources. You will also engage in community involvement, advocate for access to services, and facilitate group workshops tailored to service users' needs. With a focus on making a meaningful difference in people's lives, this position offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional growth. If you are motivated to help others and have a strong understanding of addiction, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid Wellness hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays

Friendly and supportive team

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience in a related field.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Support service users through their recovery journey and provide advocacy.
• Deliver structured content in group settings and tailor workshops.

Skills

Communication Skills

Understanding of Addiction

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Change Management

Education

Experience in Substance Misuse Field

Knowledge of Mental Health Interventions

Tools

IT Skills

Job description

• 1x Full time, 37.5 hours per week. 1x Part Time, 30 hours per week

Role

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

Do you want to make a difference?

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

We are looking for enthusiastic Recovery Coordinators to join our team focused on helping individuals mitigate the impacts of drug use. We have two fixed-term positions available for 21 months: a full-time role (37.5 hours/week) and a part-time role (30 hours/week).

In this position, Recovery Coordinators will collaborate with clients to create personalised recovery plans, provide resources on safer drug use, facilitate access to health services, distribute harm reduction supplies, and support those seeking recovery.

Ideal candidates should have a strong understanding of addiction, excellent communication skills, and a compassionate approach to client care. If you're motivated to make a positive impact in people's lives, we invite you to apply.

About the role:

• 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
• 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
• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
• Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
• Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as 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

What we will give to you:

• 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 (allocated pro rata).
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team

Recovery Ayr are seeking to recruit a proactive and passionate Recovery Worker who will have a specific focus on supporting people involved with the justice system. The post holder will continue to develop the PING (People's Involvement Network Group), by providing a range of groups and social activities to support ongoing recovery, including supporting individuals returning to the community from prison. The post holder will also ensure the voices and experiences of individuals involved with justice services are collected and considered as part of ongoing service improvement activities, recognising that there is much to be gained from people with ‘lived experience’ of the justice system.

The post holder will be based with a staff team of lived experience workers, who have a wide range of experience providing support for individuals and families affected by alcohol, drugs or involved with justice services.

A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.

• Hybrid: Falkirk and Coatbridge, with scope for home working
• Closing 23rd May 2025