Recovery Coordinator

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

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Sunderland is seeking a Recovery Coordinator to assess and engage service users, ensuring timely access to appropriate interventions and support. The role operates across locations, with a 37.5-hour week and a fixed-term contract to June 2028.

You will work within the alcohol non-opiate team, delivering screening, assessment and recovery planning, and promoting user-centred care. The ideal candidate has strong substance misuse knowledge, group facilitation experience and

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience in a similar field.
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with good IT skills.
• Proactive, able to work on own initiative with strong time management and prioritising skills.
• Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and best practices.
• Collaborative team player capable of working with a range of professionals and stakeholders.
• Ability to adapt to change prioritising service users’ needs.
• Understanding information governance and safeguarding requirements.
• Willingness to learn and support development of others.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from entry through recovery journey.
• Providing screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral.
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm in service users and community.
• Promoting involvement of carers, service users and community.
• Advocating for access to partnership services.
• Working with service users to support social reintegration and recovery-oriented lives.
• Designing and delivering group content for service users at different recovery stages.
• Facilitating debriefs and evaluating group progress with co-facilitators.
• Tailoring workshops to service users’ needs (e.g., anger management, sleep disorders).

Skills

Substance misuse knowledge

Group facilitation

Communication

Time management

Mental health knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Governance awareness

Learning & development

Job description

Overview

Change Grow Liveis 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 ofhelping 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 theskills 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.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

The successful candidate will be based in Sunderland and will be expected to work across various locations to meet the needs of the service.

Where: Sunderland

Full Time Hours:37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term contract until end of June 2028

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 alcohol non opiate team based in Sunderland.

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.

• 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

• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

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.

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

29/10/2026

Closing Date

16/10/2026

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