Drug and Alcohol Recovery Coordinator

Location: Southend on Sea

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Are you passionate about helping people make lasting positive changes?

We’re looking for a motivated and compassionate Drug & Alcohol Recovery Coordinator to join our integrated healthcare team in Southend-on-Sea, working 35 hours per week on a full-time basis.

In this rewarding role, you’ll support adults experiencing drug and alcohol challenges through personalised recovery plans, harm reduction strategies, and structured interventions. You’ll play a key role in empowering individuals to rebuild their lives and achieve sustainable recovery outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing a caseload of clients aged 18+
• Delivering structured 1:1 support sessions and group programmes
• Completing assessments, risk assessments, care plans, and reviews
• Providing harm reduction advice and recovery-focused interventions
• Working closely with healthcare, housing, probation, employment and community services
• Supporting clients to access education, training, housing and wider support networks
• Maintaining accurate case records and contributing to service KPIs and outcomes

What We’re Looking For

• Experience supporting individuals with substance misuse or complex needs
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management and recovery approaches
• Ability to build positive relationships with clients and partner agencies
• Excellent communication, organisation and case management skills
• A proactive, flexible and solution-focused approach

You’ll be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team making a real difference within the community. This is an opportunity to work in a meaningful role where every day brings the chance to positively impact someone’s recovery journey.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - 

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/652/drug-and-alcohol-recovery-coordinator.html

Contact information

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