Department Co-Ordinator
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,637 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | DE21 4TB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Phoenix Futures |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4054 |
Summary
Role Purpose:
The Department Co-ordinator position is a rewarding role which supports service users with their ongoing skills development and employability. Overseeing work-as-therapy departments in our busy Therapeutic Community is about being a visible leader with clear co-ordination, communication, and enablement. Within the role there is much diversity ranging from overseeing maintenance, supporting and assisting the kitchen departments to prepare healthy and nutritional meals, and creating new opportunities for service user involvement and development which could for example be involvement of our RTN (Recovery through Nature) within our gardens, increasing service user skills in decorating and exploring ideas for new social enterprises. We are open to innovation and would welcome applications from a range of skills-based backgrounds. The role will also include Health & Safety checks.
Your Rewards
Brand new refurbished service
You will be paid annual salary of £24,637
On site Gym, staff changing rooms and showers
Car parking and electric car charging points
Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
Opportunity to complete the Care Certificate, a robust induction to roles in health and social care developed by Skills for Care and Health Education England.
Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access.
About Us
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.
Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future.
We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.
The Department Co-ordinator position is a rewarding role which supports service users with their ongoing skills development and employability. Overseeing work-as-therapy departments in our busy Therapeutic Community is about being a visible leader with clear co-ordination, communication, and enablement. Within the role there is much diversity ranging from overseeing maintenance, supporting and assisting the kitchen departments to prepare healthy and nutritional meals, and creating new opportunities for service user involvement and development which could for example be involvement of our RTN (Recovery through Nature) within our gardens, increasing service user skills in decorating and exploring ideas for new social enterprises. We are open to innovation and would welcome applications from a range of skills-based backgrounds. The role will also include Health & Safety checks.
Your Rewards
Brand new refurbished service
You will be paid annual salary of £24,637
On site Gym, staff changing rooms and showers
Car parking and electric car charging points
Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
Opportunity to complete the Care Certificate, a robust induction to roles in health and social care developed by Skills for Care and Health Education England.
Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access.
About Us
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.
Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future.
We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.
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