Recovery Coordinator

• Act as main care coordinator overseeing assigned groups of service users, providing: screening; asset mapping; comprehensive assessments; recovery planning (using motivational interviewing techniques) and reviews of care.
• Coordinate a tailor-made package of care including: Recognised psycho-social interventions; 1 to1 key work, POD and group work; Clinical interventions; Harm minimisation and brief interventions.
• The post holder will be the broker for these interventions, but will not regularly deliver them.
• Carry out comprehensive service user assessments, including asset mapping of community resources and develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and re/integrating into the community.
• Support the development of service based recovery communities.
• Ensure the timely and accurate collection, recording and reporting of specified data.
• Assess suitability for groups in terms of risk and special needs.
• Carry out risk assessments and risk management.
• Triage assessment and onward referral to a range of treatment/community support agencies.
• Work with prescribing clinicians to support substitute prescribing regimes to improve social functioning.

  

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field  
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.  
• 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  

  

  

  

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

 

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you we’d love to hear from you so click apply.

CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

17/6/2026

10/6/2026

Kieran Newell | kieran.newell@cgl.org.uk | 07867379543

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.