Full-Time Derbyshire Lived Experience Career Coordinator
Job Description
Derbyshire Recovery Partnership Substance Misuse Service
Derbyshire Lived Experience Career Coordinator
full-time and permanent contract
£24,250
We have an exciting opportunity at Derbyshire Recovery Partnership following securing additional funding for someone who is passionate about helping people with lived experience gain additional skills, experience and qualifications to work within the field of substance misuse. This role will involve working across the Derbyshire county with mileage expenses claimed from your nearest office base which can be in Chesterfield, Ripley, Ilkeston or Swadlincote. You will be working 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday 9am-5pm on a permanent contract. The planned start date for this exciting new opportunity is 1st April 2025.
We are looking to strengthen our offer for people affected directly by drug and/or alcohol use, as well as those affected by someone else’s use, to help them gain a wealth of training, experience and qualifications alongside receiving 121 and group coaching including interview techniques, IT skills, emotional support. The aim of this role is to upskill and support people to transition into employment and/or volunteering opportunities within the field of substance misuse. As the Lived Experience Career Coordinator you will lead on encouraging and supporting people with a lived experience through a workforce development career pathway and in to employment with drug and alcohol services, recovery services and across the wider sector within Derbyshire.
Your Rewards:
- Opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £28,000 (pro rata)
- 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days) (pro rata)
- Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
- Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
- Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
- Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access
- A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.
- We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.
About Phoenix Futures:
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.
Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.
We are keen to hear from anyone with experience of: supporting people into employment, working within the field of substance misuse, or has lived experience, and who is motivated and passionate about recovery.
Job description is attached – please make sure your personal statement reflects how you meet each point of the role profile.
If you wish to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Phoenix Futures Derbyshire Service Manager Laura McGregor on 01246 206514.
For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership, visit www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk.
Applications can be made via www.phoenixfutures.org.uk
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