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In- Reach Recovery Coordinator

Job details
Posting date: 23 April 2024
Salary: £27,449.53 to £31,529.41 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 08 May 2024
Location: Hastings, East Sussex
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Change Grow Live
Job type: Temporary
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Summary

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.

As an In-Reach Recovery Coordinator, you will develop strong partnerships and joint working within the hospital, community health services, and beyond to actively improve services, seek to reduce hospital admissions and improve health and well-being outcomes for people.

This role is to engage with complex service users who are engaged in a cycle of hospital admission due to several unmet needs. You will look to assess immediate housing needs, work with partners within health services and the wider community. You will work in collaboration with service users and relevant partners to promote and empower social integration.

This is an 11 month Fixed Term Contract.

Where: Hastings

Hours: 37.5

Salary: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41

About the role:

Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
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, peer support and self-determination


About you:

Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
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
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 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 Programme
Contributory pension scheme
Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
A friendly and supportive team
Training, career development & progression opportunities


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.

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