Through the Gate Coordinator

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.

Working as a Through The Gate Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live is a rewarding role where you can utilise your people skills to make a real difference in the lives of those suffering with substance misuse problems. Supporting our service users from point of entry into the service and through their recovery journey helping with social reintegration and enabling them to lead purposeful and meaningful lives.

We are currently recruiting a Through the Gate Recovery Coordinator to work as part of the Southwest Prisons service. Working closely with clients due to be released you will develop relationships and codesign plans to ensure continuity of their care once they have been released.

This is a role with a heavy administrative demand that is subject to time pressures in addition to front line work with service users.

Where: HMP Bristol

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range: 27861..35

*Please note: Fulltime hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For parttime roles the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

About the role:

• Work intensively with patients for 12 weeks prior to and postrelease
• Design holistic resettlement plans to support the continuity of healthcare once our clients are released from prison
• Complete secondary screening assessment of patients arriving to prison as part of Integrated Health and Wellbeing model of service delivery
• Work closely with CGL teams healthcare prison partners and external support agencies to ensure effective coordination of release planning
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• Contribute to risk management processes including prison ACCT process as appropriate
• Work closely with Through the Gate provision Healthcare Prison partners and External Support Agencies to ensure effective coordination of Release Planning
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery resilience peer support and selfdetermination

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field ideally within prison/criminal justice
• 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

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
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping cinema holidays etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training career development & progression opportunities
• Refer a Friend Scheme

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

If you require sponsorship please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview ()

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live then we would love to talk to you.