Recovery Coordinator (Alcohol Team).

Overview

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 opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs. This role is based at our Norwich service. It is a full time role 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The team supports people with their alcohol and drug issues. In this role you will be working on the alcohol team and therefore experience in alcohol treatment would be preferable but not essential. You will be an excellent communicator who can motivate others to make positive changes. 

 

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. 

 

This role is a Fixed Term Contract of 12 months

 

Where: Norwich

Hours: 37.5h per week

Salary: CGL Scale 23 – 28 - £26,393.77 - £30,316.74 dependent on experience 

Responsibilities

About the role: 

 

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing 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
• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
• Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
• Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc

 

About you: 

 

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
• 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 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. 

 

Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications 

 

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£26,393.77 - £30,316.74)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

10/11/2023

Closing Date

3/11/2023

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

Sian Murray | sian.murray@cgl.org.uk

 

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