Women's Engagement Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking a Women’s Engagement & Recovery Coordinator in Hull. The role involves providing support for women with complex needs in the criminal justice system, focusing on empowering individuals to recover from substance misuse. Candidates should have experience with drug and alcohol issues and a background in criminal justice. This position offers full-time hours and a salary range of £27,861.26 - £32,002.35.

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Training and career development opportunities

Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working within criminal justice or related field.
• Experience of motivating individuals to access structured treatment.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in effective risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions for service users to help reduce reoffending.
• Develop protocols with gender-specific enhanced treatment offers.
• Co-facilitate group interventions and deliver trauma-informed care.

Skills

Understanding of drug and alcohol issues

Motivational skills

Risk management planning

Harm reduction advice

Job description

About Change Grow Live

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.

Role: Women’s Engagement & Recovery Coordinator

We are seeking a dedicated Women’s Engagement & Recovery Coordinator to join our specialist drug and alcohol services team. This is a rewarding opportunity to work with women in the criminal justice system who present with multiple and complex needs. Your role will focus on empowering women to make positive changes, reduce offending behaviour, and build pathways to recovery from substance misuse. You will provide one-to-one support and group interventions, ensuring a trauma-informed, gender-responsive approach. Central to the role is effective partnership working with probation, health, housing, domestic abuse services, and other community agencies to create joined-up, person-centred support.

Where Hull

Full Time Hours 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)

• 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.

Schedule 9 (1a) of the Equality Act 2010 applies to this post. There is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be female.

About the role

• Provide bespoke criminal justice interventions for identified service users, with the aim of engaging people in the most appropriate service for their needs, reducing reoffending and bringing about positive client outcomes.
• Develop working protocols with Together Women's Project to operate a joint bespoke gender specific enhanced treatment offer to addressing substance misuse and offending.
• Co-facilitate group interventions and deliver trauma informed care approaches via Adverse Childhood Experiences toolkit sessions.
• Work in close partnership with Lighthouse project and Community Safety Partnerships to strengthen pathways for women involved with sex working and substance misuse to enable individuals to reduce harm, exit prostitution and support on-going recovery.
• Expand measures to improve accessibility to service via mobile outreach services and drop-in facilities. Alongside the Harm Reduction Team, work to deliver harm reduction provisions in the community.

About you

• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience working within criminal justice or related field.
• Experience of motivating individuals to recognise the benefits of accessing structured treatment and supporting them to do so.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in effective risk management planning working with females with specific and complex needs.
• Experience of providing harm reduction advice and information that reduces the potential negative impact of drug use on individuals, their families/carer’s and communities and which improves physical and psychological health and well-being.

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
• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Other information

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

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

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.

CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

12/9/2025

Elishia Brodie | [e-mail]

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