Recovery Coordinator
Posted 4 days ago by Change Grow Live
£32,002 Per year
Outside
Undetermined
Dewsbury, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Recovery Coordinator role at Change Grow Live involves assessing and engaging with service users to provide tailored psychosocial interventions aimed at reducing harm and promoting recovery. The position requires flexibility, strong communication skills, and a commitment to individual care in a supportive environment. The role is full-time, based in Dewsbury, and offers a fixed-term contract of six months. The organization values openness, compassion, and boldness in its mission to empower individuals to lead meaningful lives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement, harm, and associated criminality.
- Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning, and onward referral.
- Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the community.
- Promote carer, service user, and community involvement.
- Advocate for access to partnership services.
- Support social (re)integration of service users, promoting recovery and resilience.
- Work in CGL Hubs and community venues.
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and relevant experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with good IT proficiency.
- Proactive with strong time management and prioritization skills.
- Good working knowledge of mental health interventions and services.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with various professionals and stakeholders.
- Ability to manage change while prioritizing service user needs.
- Commitment to information governance processes and safeguards.
- Willingness to seek learning opportunities and contribute to the development of others.
Salary (Rate): £32,002.35 yearly
City: Dewsbury
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
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. 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 Dewsbury Contract Type 6 months Fixed Term Hours Fulll time, 37.5 hours per week Full Time Salary £27,861 - £32,002.35 dependent on experience
About The Role
- Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement, reduce harm and associated criminality.
- 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
- To work in CGL Hubs and Community venues
About you
- Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
- 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), increasing annually for the first five years.
- 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
- Refer a Friend scheme.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here Skilled Worker visa Overview - GOV.UK
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Join us in our journey of empowerment and holistic support, where every individual's well-being is at the heart of what we do.
CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35) N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
22/12/2025
17/12/2025
Vicky Wall | Victoria.wall@cgl.org.uk | 07721699902
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.