Recovery Coordinator

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Join Our Team as a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our service users. We believe in offering support, respect, and individualised care in a safe environment, working with each person 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 aim 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 Criminal Justice 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. With this role you’ll be working as part of our Criminal Justice team, based in Dagenham.

The post holder will work as part of the service, developing pathways between Criminal Justice Agencies, both in the community and within the prison service in order to support seamless continuity of care.

As part of the post holder you will be expected to work with their team to support service users subject to court orders such as ATR, RAR, DRR and prescribed clients released from custody.

Location: Dagenham
Full Time Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Full Time Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (Pro rata for part time hours, dependent on experience)
Additional Allowance: Inner London Weighting £4,133.14 (pro rata for part time hours)

Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months from start date 

*Please note: 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. 

Role Overview:

You will work across various Criminal Justice settings based on service needs, including courts, probation offices, and prisons. Responsibilities include completing assessments, managing the prison release process, supporting individuals on probation, liaising with courts, and facilitating voluntary referrals from the police. You may also be involved in group facilitation.

Your specific functions and areas within Criminal Justice will be assigned according to service requirements. This role requires strong analytical skills and careful attention to detail in data recording.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement, reduce harm and associated criminality.
• 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

What we are looking for:

• The ability to obtain and maintain MOJ vetting.
• 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 offer you:

• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising yearly for the first 5 years
• 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 this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you. 

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.

The successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain MOJ vetting.