Recovery Coordinator

Location: Southend on Sea

Salary: A GBP 24,000 per annum plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

We are recruiting for a Recovery Coordinator at our Community Drug and Alcohol Services in Southend on Sea.

The community team here at The Forward Trust supports people who have issues with drugs and/or alcohol and want to make a positive change. We also support the family and friends of people who are worried about their loved ones\’ substance use, or have been affected by it.

Role Responsibilities

• Working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over (dependent on service).
• Delivering Psychosocial Drug and Alcohol Interventions tailored to individual needs, using harm reduction and abstinence approaches.
• Managing caseloads, providing harm reduction advice, assessments, care planning, and delivering structured 1:1 and group sessions.
• Collaborating with services such as Housing, Employment, Healthcare, Probation, and CRCs.
• Contributing to targets set by Forward and local commissioners, including outcome measurement.
• Providing flexible services, including some evening/weekend shifts with reasonable notice.

The Ideal Candidate

Please see the skills and experience needed below:

Essential

• Proactivity: Quick thinking with a high level of initiative.
• Resilience: Problem-solving skills and learning from mistakes.
• Adaptability: Ability to work in fast-paced, changing environments.
• Confidence: Self-assuredness in abilities and awareness of the role.
• Teamwork: Ability to work harmoniously with colleagues.
• Openness to Feedback: Willingness to learn and develop.
• Innovation: Continually seeking better ways of working.

Desirable

• Experience in substance misuse services.
• Experience with assessments, risk management, and SMART care plans.
• Experience delivering structured interventions and facilitating groups.
• Use of motivational interviewing techniques.
• Strong IT skills.
• Understanding of holistic and community care needs.
• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and the Recovery Agenda.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding, community support services, and the criminal justice sector.
• Experience working in community or prison settings.
• Utilising clinical supervision and understanding NHS health and wellbeing outcomes.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.
• Any qualification in substance misuse.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, a social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the cycles of crime and addiction. For over 25 years, we have supported thousands to build positive lives, believing in lasting change for everyone.

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