Recovery Coordinator

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.

As a Recovery Worker at Change Grow Live, you will carry a caseload of Drug/Alcohol Service Users, engage collaboratively in recovery planning and work alongside colleagues – including peer mentors, volunteers, nurses and our doctors. You will work to ensure an integrated package of care including psycho-social (group and one-to-one), harm reduction and medically assisted structured interventions and support are delivered.

With this role you’ll be working as part of West Kent team, based in Gravesend

The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ drug and/or alcohol issues.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience in a similar field looking to take the next step in their career.

Where: Gravesend, Kent

When: We’re looking to get the right people in to the team ASAP

Hours: 37.5hrs per week

Salary: £26,393- £30,316.74 dependent on experience

About the role:

• Engage people who have substance misuse problems and provide them with advice, support and recovery focused structured clinical interventions to support their recovery and primary health care needs
• Build therapeutic relationships and deliver a tailor-made package of care including: Recognised psycho-social interventions; 1to1 key work, POD and group work; Clinical interventions; Harm minimisation and brief interventions.
• Carry out comprehensive service user assessments and develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use, re/integrating into the community.
• Support the development of service based recovery communities.
• Carry out risk assessments and risk management.
• Work with prescribing clinicians to support substitute prescribing regimes to improve social functioning.
• To be creative and innovative so that the post best meets the needs of the service user, promoting access in to treatment, and continued engagement with underrepresented communities.
• Help individuals to develop recovery resources and access peer and mutual support groups to develop their own recovery capital.
• Work and liaise with other agencies involved with the service user’s broader care plan including health services, hospitals and GPs.
• To assist and carry out appropriate screening processes including DBST, urine and saliva tests, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience.
• To carry out key harm reduction strategies such as running of the Needle Exchange and distribution of Naloxone, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience.

About you:

• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
• A commitment to 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.
• Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency. The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports
• Excellent team working skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to engage successfully with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies.
• An understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best practice.

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
• Flexible working arrangements
• 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

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

Please note: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level and vetting by the HMPPS / National Probation Service at recruitment stage as well as ability to maintain clearance on an ongoing basis