Recovery Coordinator

Location Birmingham-West Midlands
Job ID 2024-15038
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Health and Social Care Practitioner
Type of Contract
Permanent employee
Contracted Hours Per Week
37.50
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

Overview

Believe in People?

The best people have one thing in common.

They care.

 

At Change Grow Live, our commitment to making a difference in the lives of those who use our services is unwavering. We provide support, respect, and a safe environment, where we tailor our approach to each individual's needs to find the best treatment and support options.

 

Guided by our core values of being open, compassionate and bold, our team embodies these principles daily, striving to empower individuals to reshape their lives, foster personal growth, and embrace life to its fullest.

 

Join Our Team as a Recovery Coordinator – Make a Difference within Birmingham

 

 

We’re excited to offer an opportunity for a resillient and dedicated Recovery Coordinator to join our Reading team. In this role, you’ll work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, engaging with people in the community who are facing complex challenges, including substance use, mental health issues, and rough sleeping. 

 

Our Reading service thrives as a dynamic and collaborative team, featuring dedicated staff including a service manager, consultant psychiatrists and psychologists, medical professionals, caring nurses, empathetic recovery staff, dedicated volunteers, efficient administrators, and supportive peer mentors.

 

Where: Birmingham
Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Full Time Salary Range: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 Dependent on exerience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part-time hours)

 

Responsibilities

About The Role:

  • Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement, reduce harm
  • Collaborating with each individual to facilitate social (re)integration, empowering them to lead meaningful lives, emphasising recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination
  • Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral 
  • Reducing drug and 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 

About you: 

  • Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field 
  • 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 first 5 years’ service 
  • 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.

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.

 

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

Closing Date

7/11/2024

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

Bally Hayer | Belinda.Hayer@cgl.org.uk | 07919 695754

 

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

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