Recovery Coordinator Families and Parenting

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

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Wellness hour

Contributory pension

Discounts

Friendly team

Training & progression

Refer a friend £250

Job summary

Change Grow Live is recruiting a Recovery Coordinator for Families and Parenting in Warrington. You will work across communities, delivering assertive outreach and trauma-informed support to families affected by substance misuse.

The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and permanent, with a salary pro rata from £27,165.10 to £28,557.79 per year. You will collaborate with social services, MASH, police and housing while delivering group and one-to-one interventions.

Qualifications

• Experience in substance misuse field.
• Experience working with families displaying challenging behaviour.
• Strong communication and IT skills.
• Access to own transport for work purposes.
• Experience across social services, probation, health, family work, education, youth and community.

Responsibilities

• Visit service users at home, hostels, community venues and partner organisations.
• Provide interventions via one-to-one meetings or groups.
• Run groups including parenting, support, social, fathers’ and therapeutic groups.
• Collaborate with local children and adult social services and family projects.
• Escalate issues with safeguarding lead and line manager.
• Represent Pathways to Recovery at MARAC meetings in Warrington.
• Apply trauma-informed principles in assessments.
• Carry out DBST testing as part of case management.
• Encourage and refer to Individual Placement Support.

Skills

Excellent communication

Empathy

Time management

Own transport

Partnership working

Trauma-informed

Job description

Recovery Coordinator Families and Parenting

Company:

Company: Change Grow Live

Salary: £28,557.79 to £32,802.41 a year, pro rata

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 role for a Recovery Coordinator Family and Parenting to join our Pathways to Recovery team in Warrington. You will be working alongside sometimes very complex families who have drug and/or alcohol misuse issues which may pose a risk, requiring sensitivity and the expectation to work in a fully trauma informed way.

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.

Where: Warrington

Full Time 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.

With this role you’ll be working as part of Pathways to Recovery team, based in Warrington.You’ll be expected to work flexibly across the community, offering assertive outreach and in reach support in diverse settings, family homes, community locations, GP practices. This is very much a mobile, hands-on role suited to someone richly empathetic, resilient and motivated to promote positive change for Warrington families. In terms of partnership working, you will be working closely with external agencies including child and adult social services, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Team, police, probation, and housing services.

About the role:

• Work assertively visiting service users at home, local hostels, community venues and partner organisations, Warrington Hospital and Warrington Probation for example.
• Provide interventions via one-to-one meetings or groups.
• Groups will include (but are not limited to): practical parenting advice; support groups; social groups; fathers’ groups; therapeutic groups.
• Work closely with local children and adult social service teams and family intervention projects.
• Work with your service’s safeguarding lead, and your line manager to ensure all issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively.
• Represent CGL Pathways to Recovery at the local Warrington MARAC operational meetings.
• Use Trauma informed principles and practices as part of the assessment process.
• Carry out dry blood spot testing (DBST) as part of the case management process of adults.
• Encourage and sign post adult service users toward the individual placement support scheme.

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of working with families displaying behaviour that may bechallenging in a calm and professional manner
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
• Access to your own transport for work purposes
• Experience in one or more of the following fields: social work; youthoffending; substance misuse; probation; health; family work; education; youth and community.
• Experience of delivering substance misuse interventions.
• Knowledge of current legislation surrounding children, young people and safeguarding practice, child Protection
• 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 holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service "Capped at 30 days"
• 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 £250 in vouchers if candidate is successful

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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. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

£27,165.10 to £28,557.79 per year, pro rata