Recovery Coordinator

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

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Wellness hour

Pension scheme

Discounts

Friendly team

Training & progression

Refer-a-Friend scheme

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Worksop is recruiting a Recovery Coordinator to assess and engage service users, coordinating personalised recovery journeys and ensuring access to the right interventions. The role focuses on opiate caseloads within a multidisciplinary team and requires proactive, compassionate care.

You will coordinate assessments, support planning and group participation, while managing risks and upholding high standards of reporting and collaboration with internal and external teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing caseloads.
• Commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships.
• Accomplished written and verbal communication and IT competency.
• Ability to update and maintain records accurately and meet deadlines for reports.
• Excellent time management and ability to work on own initiative.
• Strong team working and interpersonal skills to support colleagues.
• Good knowledge of drug-related harm and risks.
• Good knowledge of mental health interventions and practices.
• Understanding of drug and alcohol issues and related experience.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry into the service and through their recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral.
• Reduce drug and alcohol related harm for service users and the wider community.
• Promote carer, service user and community involvement.
• Advocate for access to partnership services.
• Work with service users to support social reintegration and recovery.
• Design and prepare materials for groups/pods and deliver structured content.
• Engage in debriefing and evaluation with co-facilitators and review progress.

Skills

Caseload management

Multi-agency work

Written communication

IT literacy

Time management

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 our multidisciplinary team, based in Worksop. The team supports people with their or their loved ones drug and/or alcohol issues.

Where: Nottinghamshire

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: 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:

You will be focused on helping people to achieve positive outcomes by coordinating their personalised recovery journey, through thorough assessment and support planning. You will oversee their participation in group programs, treatment options and one to ones, whilst continually managing risk and minimising harm.

This role is predominantly managing an opiate caseload, so experience/knowledge of drug treatment and caseload management is essential.

You will be open, compassionate, and driven to provide the very best care and support for everyone. You will need to be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and be comfortable working with multiple teams internally and externally.

• 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

Successful candidates may have previously worked in the following areas:

• Substance misuse services
• Housing support services
• Rehabilitation services
• Support worker within health and social care
• Prison service
• Children’s services, supporting young people
• Hospitals and other medical practices

To be successful you will need to have:

• Experience in managing caseloads
• A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions
• Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency.
• The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports.
• Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
• Good working knowledge of drug-related harm and risks
• Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.
• An understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.

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

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.

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.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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

Closing Date

30/10/2026

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

Katie Tuska | [e-mail] | 07976467187

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