Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live; Stirling; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days

Wellness hours

Pension scheme

Discounts

Friendly team

Training & progression

Refer a friend vouchers

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Scotland is recruiting a Recovery Coordinator to assess and engage with service users, ensuring access to the right intervention at the right time within the Forth Valley Recovery Service.

You will manage care and recovery plans, provide screening and referral, support social reintegration, and work with partners to deliver group content and positive outcomes for individuals on their recovery journey.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues.
• Experience working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with good IT skills.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with strong time management.
• Knowledge of mental health interventions and services.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from 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.
• Advocacy for access to partnership services.
• Facilitating social reintegration and helping service users lead meaningful lives.
• Designing and delivering group content and workshops.
• Co-facilitating groups and reviewing progress with colleagues.

Skills

Substance misuse

Group facilitation

Communication

Time management

Mental health knowledge

Team player

Change management

Information governance

Learning & development

Job description

Change Grow Live are 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.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

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.

This role of Recovery Coordinator will perform the role of Case Management where they will manage the care and recovery plan for each person entering CGL Recovery Service for support. This will include supporting people from entry into service and onwards during their recovery journey. The Recovery Coordinator with case management function will work collaboratively with the person receiving support to build a holistic recovery plan which will include other services and close working with CGL Forth Valley Recovery Coordinators who provide Psychosocial interventions.

Where

Forth Valley

Hours

Full time, 37.5 per week

Contract Type

Permanent

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

• 27 days’ annual leave (rising with length of service), plus bank holidays (6) - 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
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Refer a friend scheme and receive vouchers if candidate is successful.

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.

CGL Forth Valley Recovery Service is registered with the Scottish Care Inspectorate and all front line staff are expected to register with the SSSC and maintain continuous professional development, including the acquisition of required and appropriate qualifications. Where required, CGL will fund qualifications that are necessary for SSSC registration.

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

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

28/8/2026

This post is subject to a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme check level 2 disclosure with PVG