Recovery Coordinator

CIH International Housing Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 3,286,000 - 3,287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellness hour weekly

Contributory pension

Staff discounts

Training and progression opportunities

Refer-a-friend scheme

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a Recovery Coordinator in Swindon to join the Opiate Team. You will assess and engage service users, ensuring access to appropriate interventions and guiding them through recovery pathways.

The role focuses on screening, planning, referrals and reducing harm, with emphasis on safeguarding, partnership working and empowering service users toward meaningful, independent lives.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues or experience in a related field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with good IT skills.
• Proactive, able to manage time and priorities effectively.
• Able to work collaboratively with a wide range of professionals and stakeholders.
• Commitment to information governance and safeguarding requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry through treatment and recovery.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning with onward referral.
• Reduce drug and alcohol harm to service users and the wider community.
• Promote involvement of carers, service users and community.
• Provide advocacy for access to partnership services.
• Demonstrate Motivational Interviewing techniques.
• Uphold safeguarding for children and adults; liaise with police, probation, courts, prisons.
• Support social reintegration and promote recovery, resilience and self-determination.

Skills

Substance misuse knowledge

Strong communication

Time management

Initiative

Team collaboration

Education

Experience in similar field

Job description

Overview

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.

With this role you'll be working as part of Opiate Team. The team supports people with their or their loved ones' Drug issues.

Where: Swindon

Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

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

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
• Motivational Interviewing
• Children's & adult safeguarding
• Liaison and partnership working including police, probation, courts, prisons.
• Substance awareness
• 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

About you

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and/or experience of working within a similar field
• 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
• 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 holiday (+ bank holidays) rising with each years' service (capped at 30, 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
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• generous refer-a-friend scheme

A note about using AI in your application

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is 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. We look forward to learning more about you.

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

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

Cassie Miles | [e-mail] | 01793328150

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