Recovery Coordinator - Families and Parenting

Job description

Job responsibilities

The individual in this role will function as an essential member of the multi-disciplinary team within the specified service, contributing to the delivery of exceptional quality provision by providing support to service users and their families from their initial engagement with the service right through their journey of treatment and recovery.

The primary objective of this position is to deliver focused key support to families grappling with issues related to drug and/or alcohol misuse, which may pose potential risks to their children, families, or themselves. Our team will diligently assist families in addressing complex challenges, empowering them to reintegrate into society successfully. Flexibility is key, as this role will encompass various operational sites, including community venues and family residences. It's important to acknowledge that young individuals may require distinct approaches compared to adult service users, and traditional concepts like 'recovery' and 'treatment' may not always align with their needs.

Your main duties will include:-

Act as main care coordinator in various venues and locations overseeing assigned groups of service users, providing:-

oscreening; asset mapping; comprehensive assessments; recovery planning (using motivational

ointerviewing techniques) and reviews of care.

oCoordinate a tailor-made package of care including:

oRecognised psycho-social interventions;

o1to1 key work, POD and group work;

oClinical interventions;

oHarm 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.

Further develop CGLs links with local recovery groups / mutual aid groups.

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.

To be creative and innovative so that the post best meets the needs of the service user, promoting access in to treatment, and continued engagement with underrepresented communities.

Ensure that all aspects of confidentiality are adhered to and that consent to share information is a key element to building trusting therapeutic alliances.

Help individuals to develop recovery resources and access peer and mutual support groups to develop their own recovery capital.

Work and liaise with other agencies involved with the service users broader care plan including health services, hospitals and GPs.

To support the smooth running of the service, by contributing to tasks such as reception, duty cover, and clinical duties on an ad hoc basis.

Provide health education especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention.

To assist and carry out appropriate screening processes including DBST, urine and saliva tests, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience.

To carry out key harm reduction strategies such as running of the Needle Exchange and distribution of Naloxone, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience.

Work with families to help develop their life skills, this may include: budgeting; managing finances; cookery; parenting; accessing numeracy and literacy classes; supporting access into education/employment.

Provide interventions via 121 and groups. Groups will include (but are not limited to): practical parenting advice; support groups; social groups; fathers groups; therapeutic groups.

The post holder will work closely with local Social Services Teams and Family Intervention Projects where they exist.

Work closely with your services Safeguarding Lead, to ensure all issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively.

Signpost and support parents and/or carers into treatment where necessary.

Provide training to other agencies and community organisations

Screen referrals made to Children's social care to support in overall risk management and decision

making regarding the actions needed to ensure the safety and needs of children are met in line with

Working Together as part of an operational social work team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with families displaying challenging behaviour in one or more of the following fields: social work; youth offending; substance misuse; probation; health; family work; education; youth and community.
• Ability to manage challenging behaviour in a calm and professional manner.
• Knowledge of current legislation surrounding young people and safeguarding practice.
• Sound working knowledge of Child Protection.
• Sensitivity in working with complex family issues.
• Ability to demonstrate effective interventions in enabling young people and adults to improve their life skills/opportunities.
• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
• A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc.
• Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency. The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports.
• Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives
• Experience of working in an outcomes-focussed environment.
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
• Ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies
• Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to engage successfully with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to work collaboratively with others (internally and externally)

Desirable

• Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Change Grow Live

Address

Change Grow Live

Lincoln House 80 Corporation Street

St Helens

Merseyside

WA10 1UQ

Employer's website

https://www.changegrowlive.org/ (Opens in a new tab)