Recovery Coordinator - Titration Specialist

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.

About the role:

The role of Titration Specialist is a caseload holding role where the successful applicant will intensively support new opiate users who are prescribed MAT through their Recovery Journey until they are effectively titrated onto an optimal dose and also deliver our Rapid Access drop ins. The Titration Specialist will fully assess the service users’ needs in a holistic approach with the Prescriber at the first appointment and continue 3‑way titration reviews until an optimal dose is achieved. All service users are treated as individuals, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

Where: Dewsbury

Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week.

Responsibilities:

• Intensively support new opiate service users who are prescribed opiate substitute medication until they are effectively titrated onto an optimal dose.
• Care co‑ordination responsibilities alongside the tasks of recovery planning, risk assessing, risk management planning and client‑centred reviews.
• 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.

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.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year of service.
• 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.