About This Role
This full-time permanent role involves assessing and engaging with service users to ensure they receive appropriate interventions for drug and/or alcohol issues, particularly those involved with the criminal justice system. Working as part of the Criminal Justice Team in Hull, the coordinator supports individuals and their loved ones in their recovery journey.
Responsibilities
- Support service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Reduce drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promote carer, service user and community involvement
- Provide advocacy for access to partnership services
- Conduct Motivational Interviewing
- Handle children
- Liaise and partner with various agencies including police, probation, courts, and prisons
- Provide substance awareness education
- Work with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
Requirements
- Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and/or experience of working within a similar field
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising with each year
- Paid
- Contributory pension scheme
- Several benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Generous refer-a-friend scheme
Important Details
- Schedule: 37.5 hours per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Application deadline: 30/10/2026
About the Company
Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Their core values are
