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SalaryAre you passionate about helping people overcome their substance misuse problems and achieve recovery? Do you have experience or transferable skills in the field of addictions? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our clients team team as a Recovery Coordinator.
Job Title: Recovery Coordinator / Support Coordinator
Location: Hartlepool
Salary: £29,269 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full Time / Part Time
Reed is excited to be working a our client in Hartlepool to recruit for the role of Support Coordinator / Recovery Coordinator. This is the perfect role for a substance misuse support worker who is looking to progress and gain a more challenging role. As part of the team the post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate long term planned care for substance misusers. Recovery co-ordinators will have responsibility for caseload management of service users who may or may not have a need for medically assisted recovery and for delivering evidenced based individual and group interventions including psycho-social interventions.
The Service provides:
- Psychosocial one to one and group interventions
- Health and wellbeing interventions
- Harm reduction interventions
- Recovery focused interventions supporting service users with employment, education and training
- Access to residential treatment where appropriate
Some of the main duties involved in the day to day role are:
- To manage a caseload of individuals supporting them as a care co-ordinator to access services to meet their holistic needs to increase their motivation to make changes;
- Undertake assessment of individuals entering the service through various referral sources with continual assessment to act upon risk of danger, harm and abuse
- Carry out risk assessments and be responsible for the development and implementation and effective review of individual recovery plans
- Lead team around meetings with partners to ensure that all needs are being addressed;
- Support service users to access resources and services to increase their recovery capital to help them achieve their recovery goals and promote family, carer and service user involvement
- To work closely and in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team from across the partnership and external partners and contribute to plans as appropriate e.g child protection plans
- Provide a range of one to one evidenced based interventions including psychosocial interventions to support recovery;
As part of the role you will build and develop relationships with:
- Clinical provider
- Service users and carers
- Child & Adult Social Care Teams
- Housing Teams
- Voluntary and Community Providers
- Partner Agencies
- Primary and secondary health care providers
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and full pre employment vetting checks.
If you would like to know more about the role and think that this is the job for you, apply online today. Our dedicated consultant will call you and discuss your experience and the next steps.
