Homeless Recovery Coordinator
Location
Preston, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
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 have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.
No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.
Where: Preston, Lancashire
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Salary : £27,449 - £31,529 dependent on experience
About the role:
- Establish effective communication and referral pathways those individuals who are
homeless and in contact with other health and care agencies - Attend relevant multi-disciplinary team meetings supporting links to health and social
care services, peer support networks, community assets and mutual aid
- Coordinate the transfer of any accommodated out of area individual
- Increase and enhance partnership working with primary care, mental health services,
housing and other voluntary organisations who are supporting rough sleepers - 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
About you:
- Prior knowledge and experience of working with people who are homeless, sleeping rough or sofa surfing
- 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
- Experience of engaging with a wide variety of individuals with a variety of backgrounds and needs
- 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
What we will give to you:
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- 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
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications
If this sounds like you and yo u would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.
CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 - £31,529.41)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
12/3/2024
Katie Roscoe |
[email protected] This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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£27.45k - £31.53k per annum
