Job Description

DERBYSHIRE RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP

Recovery Connector Practitioner x4

Full time, fixed term contract to 31/03/25

£23,000 per annum (top of grade £27,500)

Following securing additional funding, the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership are looking to recruit x4 Recovery Connector Practitioners across Derbyshire. This new and exciting team will involve working intensively with people within the community who are in recovery from drug and/or alcohol use. Each recovery connector will lead within their designated Joined Up Care Derbyshire region (High Peak, Bolsover & NE Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley, Erewash and South Derbyshire).

In this role you will deliver recovery-focused interventions and ensure the effective and successful connecting and transitioning of clients in treatment into community recovery support services, or other structured meaningful activities. You will refer clients on your caseload with drug and/or alcohol issues, to appropriate recovery-oriented support agencies; safeguarding the reintegration and connecting of service users into their local community and support engagement through advocacy and accompaniment. You will deliver recovery-oriented activities and groups and work holistically, in a person-centred way, to achieve positive outcomes for clients in recovery.  You will work effectively in partnership with key stake holders to ensure the needs of this client group are met.

The focus of this role is helping the engagement and reintegration of clients in recovery from drugs and/or alcohol into planned and structured community-based support and activities, to attain improved health outcomes, unlock potential and achieve personalised recovery goals.

Roles can be based in Buxton High Peak, Chesterfield, Ripley, Ilkeston or Swadlincote, working 37.5 hours per week; Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, on a fixed term 12 month contract to 31/03/25.

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate a clear passion for working with service users in recovery, have an innovative, motivating and proactive approach to their work and experience of using appropriate models, interventions and approaches tailored to meet the individual needs of this client group.

We really welcome people with lived experience to apply for this position.

Your Rewards:

• Opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £27,500 (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.

Please see job description for more information.

For details of our Derbyshire Recovery Partnership substance misuse service you can visit: www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk.

Applications can be made via: www.phoenixfutures.org.uk

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Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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