Dependency & Recovery Coordinator

Job Summary:

This is a varied and rewarding role for a skilled practitioner who is confident working with complexity and committed to person-centred, trauma-informed practice.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting people from point of entry into the service and throughout their recovery journey, ensuring timely access to appropriate interventions and coordinated care.

About the Company:

Believe in People?

The best people have one thing in common,

They care.

Change Grow Live are committed to make a difference for lives in need. Providing support, respect, and a safe environment, are just some of the core values that are held at Change Grow Live.

Skills/Experience required:

• Supporting service users from initial engagement through treatment and recovery
• Delivering screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referrals
• Reducing drug- and alcohol-related harm for individuals and communities
• Promoting service user, carer and community involvement
• Providing advocacy and enabling access to partnership services
• Supporting social (re)integration, resilience, peer support and self-determination
• Designing, preparing and delivering structured group work and pods
• Facilitating groups for people at different stages of recovery
• Participating in reflective debriefs and evaluations with co-facilitators
• Tailoring workshops to meet identified needs, including areas such as anger management, sleep, and relationships
• Working within a custody setting on an adhoc basis

This role requires flexibility, collaboration and a strong commitment to recovery-oriented outcomes.

About you

You will bring experience, curiosity and a values-led approach to your practice. You will also demonstrate:

• A strong understanding of substance misuse and experience working in a related field
• Experience delivering group work and managing group dynamics, including challenging behaviour
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with good IT capability
• The ability to work proactively, manage competing priorities and use your initiative
• Knowledge of mental health interventions, services and best practice
• Strong partnership-working skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Confidence in managing change while keeping service user needs at the centre
• A clear understanding of information governance and safeguarding responsibilities
• A commitment to continuous learning and professional development