Change Grow Live, Swindon – Recovery Coordinators, Family Safeguarding

at  Swindon Borough Council

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.
We are currently looking for 3 Recovery Coordinators to join our dedicated Swindon service, emphasising on Family Safeguarding. You will ensure a high quality and consistent service to families with either drug and/or alcohol related issues engaged with Childrens’ Services as part of the Family Safeguarding Service.
The role is co-located within the family safeguarding teams of Swindon Borough Council, in which recovery coordinators work within a multi-disciplinary team of social workers, domestic abuse workers and mental health specialists. Your role is to support parents of children with social service’s involvement, therefore you will be conducting home visits as part of your role.

About the role:

• To deliver outreach services to families promoting access for service users andconcerned others
• 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
• To adhere to CGL policies and processes in delivery of services – particularly lone working and health and safety related to working with complex service users.
• To undertake focused work with families of interest.
• To provide rapid and flexible interventions where required to meet the needs of the service users.

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of safeguarding and working in the substance misuse field.
• Knowledge of the issue facing families where substance misuse is present.
• Good knowledge of local community based support practices.

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
• 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 & progression opportunities
• Refer a friend scheme and receive vouchers if candidate is successful.

• To deliver outreach services to families promoting access for service users andconcerned others
• 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
• To adhere to CGL policies and processes in delivery of services – particularly lone working and health and safety related to working with complex service users.
• To undertake focused work with families of interest.
• To provide rapid and flexible interventions where required to meet the needs of the service users