Complex Needs Practitioner Recovery Worker

Waythrough; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in Aylesbury seeks a Complex Needs Practitioner Recovery Worker to engage individuals with addiction and wellbeing needs. The role includes delivering psychosocial interventions in community settings, requiring a commitment and relevant qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 in health or social care. You will join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to empowering clients to achieve positive outcomes in their lives.

Qualifications

• Understanding of drug, alcohol, and health-related issues.
• Experience in addictions, housing, or social care setting.
• Experience liaising with agencies and health professionals.

Responsibilities

• Engage individuals through various interventions.
• Provide holistic support addressing substance use and wellbeing.
• Work flexibly across community and multi-agency settings.

Skills

Communication

Flexibility

Engagement

Empathy

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

DipSW

Mental Health Nursing

Counselling

Addiction Studies

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Complex Needs Practitioner (Recovery Worker)

Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Salary: £27,341 £29,500 per annum

Aquarius Action Projects is a long-established charity (since 1982) based in Birmingham with a national reach of contracts and Partnerships. Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough a large charity that specialises in mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas.

The Role

You have an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health related issues, and experience of working with adults in an addictions, housing or social care setting? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Complex Needs Practitioner (Recovery Worker).

Aquarius is a charity that helps people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling. We are part of One Recovery Buckinghamshire (ORB), a partnership between Inclusion (MPFT NHS Trust), Aquarius, and Build on Belief providing support for alcohol and drug issues across Buckinghamshire.

The purpose of the role is to engage people in a variety of interventions, using a person centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.

All Complex Needs Practitioners (Recovery Worker) work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings. The caseload will include a mixture of community and multi-agency referral pathways including health and social care. You will join our caring multi-disciplinary teams, to help empower you to provide quality psychosocial interventions to our diverse client groups.

A core part of the role will be working with people to address holistic support needs across all aspects of the persons substance use and wellbeing. This could include diverse work related to physical and emotional health, meaningful use of time, family and relationships, community engagement and activities, accommodation, physical and emotional health, offending as well as substance use (drug use and / or alcohol use).

Skills And Qualifications

An energetic and confident self-starter, you have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, well consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. Experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and engaging effectively with clients in a variety of settings is essential. Youll also need a flexible approach, excellent record keeping and report writing skills and a willingness to work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings, on an outreach basis, with a central hub base at our head office.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Waythrough, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a Black, Asian and those in Minority Ethnic background.

This is a rolling recruitment process; shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

When applying, please upload a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.

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