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About the Role
Change Grow Live is seeking a Recovery Coordinator to join their Havering team. This role involves assessing and engaging with service users to ensure they receive timely and appropriate interventions for drug and/or alcohol issues, supporting them throughout their treatment and recovery journey.
Responsibilities
- Provide unwavering support to service users from their initial contact through their treatment and recovery journey.
- Implement tailored interventions to reduce harm from substance use via group sessions or one-on-one engagement.
- Ensure service users receive a comprehensive, recovery-focused detoxification plan, including preparation and post-care support.
- Collaborate with other organizations and the community to enhance recovery resources by referring service users to mutual aid groups and networks.
- Advocate for the involvement of family members, service users, and the community.
- Serve as a voice for service users in accessing partnership services.
- Work closely with service users to facilitate their social (re)integration, promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination.
Requirements
- Possess knowledge and experience in delivering interventions for service users affected by substance use.
- Excel in both verbal and written communication, with proficient IT skills.
- Demonstrate proactive qualities, working independently with excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
- Hold a strong understanding of mental health interventions, services, and best practices.
- Thrive as a supportive team player with exceptional interpersonal skills, capable of collaborating with a diverse range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders.
- Exhibit the ability to navigate change effectively, always prioritizing the needs of service users.
- Recognize the significance of information governance processes and commit to adhering to all necessary safeguards.
- Pursue continuous learning opportunities to enhance professional knowledge and skills, while also contributing to the growth and development of colleagues.
- Create a non-judgmental, inclusive space where participants feel safe to share their experiences with addiction.
- Have an understanding of harm reduction and recovery models and be able to work with the new CGL Atlas Pprogramme.
- Capacity to assess Safeguarding risks, manage challenging or aggressive behavior, and follow safeguarding legislation for vulnerable adults or children.
- Ability to manage and evaluate structured psycho-educational groups, including guiding group cohesion, managing challenging behaviors, and keeping sessions focused on the recovery agenda.
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
- This role is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Skills
- IT skills
- Time management
- Prioritisation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Harm reduction
- Recovery models
- Safeguarding risk assessment
- Managing challenging behavior
- Managing psycho-educational groups
Location
- 3 Beckton Rd E16 4DE
- 997 Romford Rd,E12 5JR
- 327 High Street E15 2Tf
Work Type
- Full time
- Fixed Term
Experience Level
- Experience in delivering interventions for service users affected by substance use
- Experience working with new CGL Atlas Pprogramme
- Experience managing and evaluating structured psycho-educational groups
Salary/Compensations
- CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)
- Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
- One extra day of annual leave for each year of service during the first five years (up to 30 days)
- Dedicated 'Wellness' hour each week
- Access to a 'Wellness' hub
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
- Warm and supportive team environment
- Extensive training, career development, and progression opportunities
- Refer a Friend Scheme
About the Company
- At Change Grow Live, our commitment to making a difference in the lives of those who use our services is unwavering.
- We provide support, respect, and a safe environment, where we tailor our approach to each individual's needs to find the best treatment and support options.
- Guided by our core values of being open, compassionate and bold, our team embodies these principles daily, striving to empower individuals to reshape their lives, foster personal growth, and embrace life to its fullest.