21 Feb 2025

Contract Recovery Coordinator – Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live – Posted by All Jobs Centre UK Staff –  43a CARNARVON STREET

Job Description

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Overview:

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 a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live you will be working with people to help them change the direction of their life, grow as an individual, and live life to its full potential.

 

You will work across Manchester and Tameside and in the main will be located in National Probation Service locations. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing including the National Probation Service, GMP and the Prison Service offering a wide range of treatment interventions and programmes. You will work with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives and promote recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination.

 

You will provide assessments for people with alcohol and substance misuse issues and with our Doctors, NMP’s and Wellbeing Nurses you will provide case management support and healthcare interventions for individuals accessing the service.

 


Where: Manchester
Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £27,449.52 – £31,529.41 per annum (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time hours).
Contract Type: 12 months fixed term contract from start date.

Responsibilities:About the role:

As a Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator, you will play a crucial role at the forefront of our services in Manchester and Tameside. Your responsibilities will include:

  • 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
  • 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
  • Supporting specific group work programmes or workshops designed to meet the unique needs of our service users.
  • Close liaison and multi-agency working with other professionals and partnership agencies including Courts, police and probation.
  • Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
  • Provide support for people on a DRR and ATR

About you:

We are looking for individuals who:

  • Have an understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
  • Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with proficient IT skills
  • Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
  • 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
  • Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
  • Experience of supporting and advising participants with complex and/or multiple barriers to success.
  • Experience of working within Criminal Justice Partnerships and/or working within a multiagency system/team.
  • Knowledge of effective interventions that lead to reduction in drug related crime.
  • Experience of carrying out full assessments and identify and manage/escalate/reduce risks identified

What we will give to you:

  • 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising for each years’ service, pro rata (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
  • Generous 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.


If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)


This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

 


A further Enhanced Level 1 vetting carried out by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and GMP will also be required.

 

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 – £31,529.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A – Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date: 6/3/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Lorna Campbell | [email protected] | 07425533016 : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Location : 43a CARNARVON STREET

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Job Categories: Management Jobs. Job Types: Contract. Job Tags: 2025 jobs in Manchester, Change Grow Live careers, Jobs at Change Grow Live, Jobs in Manchester, and Recovery Coordinator - Change Grow Live. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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