Dual Diagnosis Recovery Coordinator

About the Role:

• Support joint working between Mental Health and Substance Misuse Services, including CMHTs and Psychological Therapies services.
• Provide case management for individuals with both substance misuse and mental health needs.
• Monitor mental health in collaboration with Mental Health professionals to develop joint care plans.
• Create recovery-focused plans, support multi-agency involvement, and make referrals where needed.
• Work flexibly across operational, satellite, and community sites.
• Deliver group interventions in inpatient and community settings.
• Maintain effective working relationships with relevant agencies and professionals.
• Provide intensive engagement and social reintegration support in hospital and community settings.
• Deliver brief interventions, advice, and referrals into local substance misuse services.
• Attend joint MDT meetings and provide advice, support, and training to hospital staff on alcohol awareness, screening, assessments, and referral pathways.
• Promote harm reduction and overdose prevention through increased Naloxone provision on discharge where appropriate

About You:

Essential

• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
• A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc.
• Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency. The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports.
• Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
• Experience of working in an outcomes-focussed environment.
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
• Ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies.
• Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to engage successfully with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to work collaboratively with others (internally and externally).
• Experience of working in substance misuse and/or mental health settings.
• Experience of working with people with co-morbid mental health and substance misuse problems.
• Experience of managing a caseload of clients with complex needs.
• Knowledge of and skills in appropriate therapeutic interventions for working with people with dual diagnosis.
• Knowledge of current mental health, substance misuse and dual diagnosis policy, guidance and legislation.

Desirable

• Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.

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 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. 

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.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.