Recovery Co-ordinator

Recovery Co-ordinator
Liverpool, Merseyside
About Us
Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.
Serving over 40,000 people each and every year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people to achieve their full potential and aim to be ‘here if you need us’, living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.
We have been working in partnership with mainstream drug and alcohol services for more than six years to support access to structured treatment, and to offer group spaces and 121 support to LGBT people making changes around drug and alcohol use.
As such, we are now looking for a Recovery Co-ordinator to join our team on a full-time basis for a fixed term contract until 31st March 2025.
The Benefits
- Salary of £28,801 per annum
- Generous leave allowance (26 days’ annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
- Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
- Your birthday as a day’s leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Office ‘buddy’ scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with personal development plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code
This is an amazing opportunity for a support professional with a track record of working with those who are distressed or have barriers to communication to make a positive difference and develop their skills with our passionate organisation.
As a vital part of our team, you'll provide affirming, welcoming and non-judgemental services that truly make a difference.
And that's not all – you’ll enjoy a fantastic range of benefits designed to enhance your work/life balance and reward your dedication, including hybrid working and a plethora of other perks and discounts.
The Role
As a Recovery Co-ordinator, you will support the development of our service for LGBT people in Liverpool making drug- and alcohol-related changes.
Overseeing the set-up of a new service, you will work with stakeholders, commissioners, community resources and partners in Liverpool to establish an LGBT Foundation Recovery Programme and community.
Providing regular training and shadowing opportunities to staff delivering the service, you will ensure knowledge and skills are prioritised and facilitate peer support groups.
You will line manage and support sessional workers and volunteers, providing one to one support, team meetings, and operational support to all delivering the service.
Additionally, you will:
- Provide outreach work to ensure referrals
- Undertake triage and assessment activities
- Manage brief intervention work and extended brief interventions
About You
To be considered as a Recovery Co-ordinator, you will need:
- Experience of supporting individuals with varying levels of needs
- Experience of communicating with people who are distressed and/or have barriers to communication
- Experience of producing risk assessment and safety plans
- Experience of working in a service delivery role
- Experience of providing training and support to staff, volunteers, or students
- Experience of working with partners and building strong relationships
- Experience of working with data and completing reports
- Safeguarding training
- Resilience and an existing support network due to the varying levels of risk and health and wellbeing needs of those supported
The closing date for this role is 24th June 2024.
Other organisations may call this role Service Co-ordinator, Service Manager, Substance Misuse Co-ordinator, Prevention Co-ordinator, Substance Misuse Project Co-ordinator, Support Co-ordinator, or Recovery Support Co-ordinator.
We particularly welcome applicants who identify as a Person of Colour, trans and/or people aged 50+ as staff from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
*Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.
Webrecruit and the LGBT Foundation are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re looking for a rewarding role as a Recovery Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.