Recovery Coordinator (Young Persons)- Liverpool

Confidential; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

LGBT Foundation, based in Liverpool, is seeking a Youth Recovery Co-ordinator to join the Recovery Programme. The role is full time, fixed term until March 2029, 35 hours per week, and funded to support LGBTQ+ young people aged 16-25 in Liverpool.

Working with partners such as River, the post will develop targeted support, manage referrals, triage assessments, brief interventions and safeguarding. The role also includes line management of sessional staff and delivery of outreach activities.

Responsibilities

• Partnership building and work with stakeholders: To begin developing a picture of substance use and the needs of young LGBTQ+ people (aged 16 - 25) in Liverpool by working with, stakeholders, commissioners, community resources and partners, including River, to establish a targeted support offer.
• Supporting young people: Managing referrals into the service. Triage and assessment, brief intervention work and extended brief interventions to support individuals making changes around drug and alcohol use. Risk assessing and safeguarding young people.
• Line management and support of sessional workers and volunteers: Providing one to one support, team meetings, and operational support to all delivering the service alongside Recovery Coordinator.
• Awareness raising, Workshops and Outreach: Delivering awareness raising workshops and resources as early interventions for young people and those working with young people. Outreach at events to promote services and distribute harm reduction advice.

Job description

Special Terms: Full-Time; Fixed Term until March 2029; 35 hours/week
Salary: £29,771 per annum
Accountable to: Recovery Coordinator- Liverpool, Head of Services- Recovery
Closing Date: 2nd December 2026 at 9 am
Interview Date: 15th December 2026

LGBT Foundation is an impactful, vibrant charity with a wide portfolio of established and developing services focused on improving the health, wellbeing and equality of LGBTQ+ people. LGBT Foundation is looking for a Liverpool based Young Person's Recovery Co-ordinator, to join the Recovery Programme.

As an organisation we work in partnership with mainstream drug and alcohol services such as CGL/River to support access to structured treatment and to offer group spaces and 1-2-1 support for LGBTQ+ people making changes around drug and alcohol use. This role will support the continued development of an LGBT specific service as a choice for LGBTQ+ people in Liverpool in partnership with River.

Essential Role Accountabilities include:

• Partnership building and work with stakeholders: To begin developing a picture of substance use and the needs of young LGBTQ+ people (aged 16 - 25) in Liverpool by working with, stakeholders, commissioners, community resources and partners, including River, to establish a targeted support offer.
• Supporting young people: Managing referrals into the service. Triage and assessment, brief intervention work and extended brief interventions to support individuals making changes around drug and alcohol use. Risk assessing and safeguarding young people.
• Line management and support of sessional workers and volunteers: Providing one to one support, team meetings, and operational support to all delivering the service alongside Recovery Coordinator.
• Awareness raising, Workshops and Outreach: Delivering awareness raising workshops and resources as early interventions for young people and those working with young people. Outreach at events to promote services and distribute harm reduction advice.

We are taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other racially minoritised communities, trans , non-binary, and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.

Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross-dressers, and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.