Enhanced Recovery Coordinator

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Vacancy Name
Vacancy Name
Enhanced Recovery Coordinator
Vacancy No
Vacancy No
VN3866
Employment Type
Employment Type
Full-Time
Hours Per Week
37.00
Work Pattern
Work Pattern
Monday to Friday
Location
Location Region
Location Region
West Yorkshire
Location City
Location City
Leeds
Location Postal Code
Location Postal Code
LS2 7DJ
Interview Date
Interview Date
15 Apr 2024
Who are we…
Humankind, lead partner at Forward Leeds, is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.Leeds City Council secured almost £3million in enhanced funding from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to improve drug and alcohol treatment provision across the city. Most of this is being invested in building on the successes of Forward Leeds through increasing the number of staff at the service.Forward Leeds is the integrated city-wide service that supports adults and young people who are struggling with alcohol and other drugs through dedicated prevention, early intervention and tailored programmes, supporting people to achieve and sustain recovery
About the role…
As an Enhanced Care team Recovery Coordinator, you will be employed by Humankind to support higher need service users who are unable to progress their timeframe due to their multiple-needs. Multiple needs include but not limited to; chronic physical health, comorbidities, financial issues, memory/cognitive impairment, age, housing, limited social support and other multi-agency support needs.This is an interesting and rewarding role where you will have the flexibility to complete greater levels of outreach and go to service users to reduce barriers to engagement, support them to engage with specialist services, bring the intensive support and interventions to the individuals and enhance positive outcomes through this flexible working. The post holder will provide holistic support to adult service users to support their drug / alcohol treatment. Key roles and responsibilities include:Assess and engage with those individuals identified to have multiple needs who require a more flexible way of working including outreach support to reduce identified barriers to engagement with mainstream support in a service setting due to their identified additional needs.Manage a service user caseload and review on going care and treatment liaising closely with the full range of specialist workers within the multi-agency team, including family members and significant others, as appropriate.The role will include but is not restricted to conducting home visits, supporting clients to appointments with various services/specialisms as well as meeting individuals in the community.To exercise excellent communication skills and therapeutic skills when dealing with Service Users, Carers, and Caring agencies.To work closely and in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team from across the Forward Leeds partnership and externally providing advice and guidance to managers and other colleagues, through attendance at reviews, team meetings and group supervision and via the telephone.
Please note a drivers licenses is essential. For full Job Description please click here About You
You will have a passion for making a difference and fair chances for all should be at the core of everything you do.
You will have knowledge and understanding of interventions, including brief interventions Motivational Interviewing, Psychosocial Interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Harm reduction and multi-disciplinary working.
If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don’t feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.
Who will you be working with….
You will be working as part of our Forward Leeds Team. The team is a multi-disciplinary recovery team comprising of colleagues from diverse professional and personal backgrounds. The wider Forward Leeds Team includes Recovery Coordinators, Clinicians, Harm Reduction workers, Housing and Criminal Justice workers, Individual Placement Specialists and Volunteers. We are a supportive and welcoming team, who are passionate about supporting and promoting recovery for those we care for and within our local community.For an informal discussion regarding the post please contact Hannah Wraith (Lead Practitioner) 07522227931As an Equal Opportunities employer please see below about how we can support you if you are passionate about supporting people and have transferable skills.
What can Humankind offer you…
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Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
%
Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
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Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
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Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
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Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks
Humankind offer a wide range of in-house and external training opportunities. Personal and professional, development is a key priority across the organisation. All staff across the organisation will be in receipt of regular supervision and annual Personal Development Reviews.
Humankind is an equal opportunities employer If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don’t feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. If you require support with your application or would like to request a paper application, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01325 731 160, alternatively you can email us at #####
Salary Period
Salary Period
Per Annum
Vacancy Salary Range
DBS Requirement
Does role require Police/Prison vetting?
Not Applicable
Driving licence required for role?
Driving licence required for role?
Yes
Applications Close Date
Applications Close Date
07 Apr 2024
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