Family and Parenting Recovery Coordinator

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 Family and Parenting Recovery Coordinator who has the skills and experience to joing our pathways to recovery team in Warrington 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.  

You will be working alongside sometimes very complex families who have drug and/or alcohol misuse issues which may pose a risk, requiring sensitivity and the expectation to work in a fully trauma informed way. You’ll be expected to work flexibly across the community, offering assertive outreach and in reach support in diverse settings, family homes, community locations, GP practices. This is very much a mobile, hands-on role suited to someone richly empathetic, resilient and motivated to promote positive change for Warrington families. 

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. 

Where: Warrington

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 dependent on experience, pro rata for part time hours 

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: 

• 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 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 
• 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. 
• Work closely with external agencies including child and adult social services, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Team, police, probation, and housing services.

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 

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. 

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.

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.