Recovery Coordinator

Transform Lives with a Rewarding Career at Change Grow Live

Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? At Change Grow Live, we're dedicated to creating positive change for our service users. We provide a safe and supportive environment, supporting each person's unique journey and working together to find the best treatment and care options. Guided by our core values—'Be open, be compassionate, and be bold'—we help individuals reshape their lives, grow, and embrace their life to the fullest.

Join Us as an Recovery Coordinator

We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator to join us at our Northamptonshire service. The successful candidate will have 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 individual needs. Initially, the role will be within the Engagement Team, taking referrals and completing assessments. Alongside this, we ask that the successful candidate also support with caseload management.

Due to ongoing changes within our service, there may also be opportunities, and at times the need, to support additional teams as we continue to adapt and develop.

Location: Northampton

Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week

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

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st of March 2026

**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

About the role: 

• Support service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey 
• Deliver psychosocial interventions as part of the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service within the prison estate 
• Work in partnership with other healthcare providers as part of an Integrated Health and Wellbeing model 
• Advocate on behalf of the service users who are unwilling or unable to engage in treatment 
• Proactively follow up with service users that miss appointments to increase opportunity of engagement 
• Contribute to risk management processes, including prison ACCT process as appropriate 
• Work 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 ideally within prison/criminal justice 
• 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 Offer:

• 25 days of holiday (+ bank holidays), with annual increases for first five years.
• Paid 'Wellness' hour each week, access to a 'Wellness' hub, and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Attractive benefits, including discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more.
• A supportive team environment with training, career development, and progression opportunities.
• Refer a Friend voucher scheme.

We encourage you to ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria, as this will be key in our shortlisting process.

If this role resonates with you, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team that’s making a real difference every day.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

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.