Recovery Coordinator - Criminal Justice

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

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness hour weekly

Wellness hub

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Contributory pension

Staff discounts

Training & progression

Refer a Friend

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Manchester is recruiting a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator to join the Criminal Justice team. The role involves working in prisons, delivering group work, case management and collaborating with police, probation and courts to support service users and reduce reoffending.

The post is a full-time fixed-term 12-month maternity cover, with 37.5 hours per week. A strong emphasis on safeguarding, information governance and partnership working is required.

Qualifications

• The ability to obtain and maintain MOJ vetting.
• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and related field experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with good IT skills.
• Proactive, with strong time management and prioritisation.
• Knowledge of mental health interventions and best practices.
• Able to work with a wide range of professionals, agencies and stakeholders.
• Understand information governance and safeguarding requirements.
• Willing to learn and contribute to learning and development of others.

Responsibilities

• Work with National Probation service and partner agencies.
• Deliver DRR/ATR and interventions per NPS and court orders.
• Link probation, police/court custody, prison and community services.
• Assess suitability for specialist interventions and inform courts.
• Involve service users in care planning and reviews with partners.
• Ensure high-quality record keeping and comply with information governance.
• Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement and harm.
• Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning and referrals.
• Reduce drug/alcohol-related harm and promote community safety.
• Involve carers, service users and community; advocate for access to services.
• Support social reintegration and recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination.

Skills

MOJ vetting

Substance misuse knowledge

Communication

Time management

Mental health interventions

Stakeholder collaboration

Information governance

Learning & development

Job description

Overview

Believe in People?

The best people have one thing in common.

They care.

Join Our Manchester Team as a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our service users. We believe in offering support, respect, and individualised care in a safe environment, working with each person 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 aim 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 aCriminal JusticeRecovery Coordinatorto join our Criminal Justice team in Manchester Service. This role includes working in local prisons, one-to-one key work, delivering group work programmes, case management and working closely with our partner agencies, particularly police, prisons, probation and courts. Ensuring people accessing CGL services via the criminal justice system can improve and change their lives and reduce reoffending.

Where: Manchester

Hours:Full-Time,37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed-term contract of 12-month (Maternity Cover)

*Please note: 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

Responsibilities:

• Work in partnership with National Probation service and other appropriate agencies


• Deliver DRR/ATR and other relevant interventions in line with National Probation Service (NPS) and court order requirements.


• Provide a seamless link between probation, police/court custody suites, prison, and the community.


• Provide assessment and information for courts and other criminal justice agencies of suitability for specialist interventions


• Facilitate and be included within individualised care planning and reviews with partners and service users for the most appropriate support


• To ensure that record keeping and feedback is completed to a high standard and within time scales; and information governance/sharing policies and procedures are adhered to


• Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement, reduce harm and associated criminality.


• 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

What we are looking for:

• The ability to obtain and maintain MOJ vetting.


• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and 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


• 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 offer you:

• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme


• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising yearly for the first 5 years


• 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.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

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

21/9/2026

Closing Date

13/9/2026

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

David Wragg | [e-mail]

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