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Recovery Coordinator

companyChange Grow Live
locationBurnley, UK
PublishedPublished: Published 1 week ago
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Overview

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. Your focus will be on delivering and developing group/pod work programmes, such as Foundations of Recovery. You will work with other programme facilitators and professionals within your project to design and deliver groups/pods, using evidence based practice, covering the most appropriate issues to your service users.

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: Burnley

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £27,449.52 - £31,529.41 (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)

Responsibilities

About the role:

  • Act as main care coordinator overseeing assigned groups of service users, providing: screening; asset mapping; comprehensive assessments; recovery planning (using motivational interviewing techniques) and reviews of care
  • Carry out comprehensive service user assessments, including asset mapping of community resources and develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and re/integrating into the community.
  • Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups/pods.
  • Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitator/s after groups/pods have taken place.
  • Lead on graduation events for service users who have completed the programme.
  • Review service user feedback and make adjustments as necessary.
  • Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the SUs, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc.
  • Research and confirm community venues as needed.
About you:
  • Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
  • Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behavior.
  • Experience of Motivational Interviewing and Psycho Social Interventions.
  • Ability to identify the specific needs of groups.
  • Understanding of evidence based interventions in a group work setting.
  • Qualification in counselling, group-work or equivalent.
  • Experience of working with psychological trauma
  • Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
  • Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
  • Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
  • The ability to work collaboratively with others (internally and externally).
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
  • 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 generous vouchers if candidate is successful.
Please reflect the attached Job Description and Person Specifications in your application.

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.

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)

INDHP

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 - £31,529.41)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Matt Kay | matthew.kay@cgl.org.uk | 07771 143309

This post is subject to a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme check at an enhanced level.