Recovery Coordinator
Location: Thurrock
Salary: A GBP 25,000 : A GBP 27,000 DOE
Vacancy Type: Permanent
About The Role
Be the difference in someones recovery journey.
Were seeking an experienced and motivated Recovery Coordinator in Thurrock to join our integrated healthcare service delivering psychosocial drug and alcohol interventions to adults aged 18+. This full:time (35 Hours) role offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact within a supportive, outcome:focused environment.
Working within a multi:disciplinary framework, youll provide person:centred treatment using both harm reduction and abstinence:based approaches, tailoring support to individual recovery goals while promoting safety, stability and long:term change.
What Youll Be Doing
* Managing and prioritising a varied caseload
* Completing risk, initial and comprehensive assessments
* Developing, reviewing and updating structured care plans
* Delivering engaging 1:1 interventions and structured group programmes
* Providing practical harm reduction advice and health risk management
* Coordinating care with healthcare, housing, probation, employment and family support services
* Motivating clients to engage with community and specialist support
* Contributing to KPIs and measurable service outcomes
What Were Looking For
* Experience within the substance misuse field, either directly or indirectly
* Strong assessment, care planning and risk management skills
* Confidence delivering structured interventions in both 1:1 and group settings
* Ability to manage competing priorities and meet performance targets
* A collaborative, solution:focused mindset
* Commitment to safeguarding, quality standards and continuous professional development
* Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends with reasonable notice
Youll be part of a forward:thinking team that values reflective practice, partnership working and real, measurable impact. This is more than a job; its an opportunity to help people rebuild their lives while developing your own professional expertise.
If youre ready to support change that lasts, wed love to hear from you.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits :
* Flexible working
* Training and development opportunities
* Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
* Season Ticket Loan Scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Crisis Loan Scheme
* Electric Car Scheme
* 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro ratad for part time employees)
* Access to Blue Light Card
* 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
* Contributory Pension Scheme : Employer matched contributions of up to 6 in the first two years service and up to 9 thereafter
* Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
* Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
careers.forwardtrust.uk/vacancies/547/recovery:coordinator.html