Recovery Coordinator

Overview:

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily 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.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator to work in the community as part of a multi-disciplinary team. With this role you’ll be working as part of our substance use and mental health pathway.

The team supports people with co-existing substance use and mental health issues, with the successful candidate working alongside Nottinghamshire Health Care Trust Crisis Team, to complete substance use assessments, deliver treatment and brief interventions where required, refer clients to local substance use treatment services.

Detailed knowledge and experience of work in the substance use field is essential. Experience of working with people with severe multiple disadvantage or mental health would be advantageous.

This role is highly autonomous post and the successful candidate would need to be able to manage their time and work load, have excellent communication skills and a strong track record in terms of developing and maintaining partnership working.

This post will work throughout Broxtowe, Rushcliffe and Gedlin and deliver community interventions.

Contract Type: Fixed Term for until the 31st March 2024

Responsibilities:

About The Role:

• Identify, and engage with, people who have substance misuse problems with complex physical and / or mental health needs, including co-morbidity. Providing advice, support and recovery focused structured clinical and/or psychosocial interventions to support recovery and primary health care needs
• Carry out comprehensive assessments and develop recovery plans that clearly identify how they will enable progression in addressing substance use and re/integrating into the community
• Support the development of service based recovery communities
• Further develop CGL’s links with local recovery groups / mutual aid groups
• Help individuals to develop recovery resources and access peer and mutual support groups to develop their own recovery capital
• Work towards understanding the barriers and gaps for different community groups and compile findings as part of a continuous needs’ assessment for this changing client population

About you:

• Experience of working with substance misuse/Mental Health issues and a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services
• A clear understanding of issues relating to underrepresented groups in drug services and BAME communities and their engagement with Services
• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misuser's including appropriate medical interventions, social care, and health issues
• Knowledge and experience of multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc

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
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities.
• Refer a friend scheme and receive generous vouchers if candidate is successful

Please read attached Job Description & Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities

If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 - £31,529.41)

ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date: 5/11/2024

Closing Date: 28/10/2024

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Dean Annable | dean.annable@cgl.org.uk | 07976180097

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