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 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.  

This sessional role at Change Grow Live Kettering places you at the heart of a dynamic, multi‑disciplinary team dedicated to helping people build healthier, more fulfilling lives. You’ll guide service users throughout their treatment and recovery journey. Your work will include carrying out screenings and assessments, delivering psychosocial interventions, creating meaningful recovery plans, and linking people with the right ongoing support.

You’ll play a key part in reducing the harms associated with drug and alcohol use—both for individuals and the wider community—while championing the voices of service users, carers, and local partners. Advocacy is central to the role, ensuring people can access the services they need, when they need them.

Above all, you’ll work alongside service users to help them reconnect with their communities, develop resilience, embrace peer support, and take confident steps toward leading purposeful, self‑directed lives.

Where: Kettering

Hours: Ad Hoc / 0 (sessional role)

Salary: £16.89 per hour

About the role: 

Core Competencies

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 

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) 

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.