Recovery Coordinator - Family Team

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

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 Recovery Coordinator who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users and their families, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.  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: Based in Huddersfield (may work across Kirklees)

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hrs per week

Contract Type: Permanent

About the role: 

• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and their family
• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey

• Providing psycho-social interventions and follow up service users who need support with issues surrounding parental care and vulnerable adult issues with a focus on the Whole/Think Family agenda and support based on building personal assets and generating recovery capital.

• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement 

• Identify those suitable to attend the Moving Parents and Children Together (MPACT) programme, supporting to facilitate group work to those who are deemed suitable.

• 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, family relationships, peer support and self-determination 
• The role is based across the Kirklees area and as the family team we deliver our interventions within the community and family homes, driving is desired
• Occasional out of hours work will be required.

 About you: 

• Have a good understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working with people 
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and skills in defensible documentation
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills 
• Have a good working knowledge of family services and frameworks and interventions for whole family practices  
• 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 
• Ability to demonstrate professional curiosity, caseload management and flexibility to achieve personalised treatment and care 
• 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

• Enjoy a dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental and emotional health.
• We’re committed to your development, with extensive training, funded learning, and pathways into senior or specialist roles.
• Benefit from transparent pay, a contributory pension scheme, and additional support through our wellbeing resources.
• Start with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays(pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
• Join a supportive, values-led team where you’ll feel encouraged and valued from your very first day.
• Where possible, we’re open to discussing working patterns that help you maintain a healthy work–life balance.
• Enjoy discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more, along with our Refer a Friend scheme.

If you are bold, compassionate and open and want to empower others to reach their recovery goals, we would love to hear from you.

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

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.