Recovery Worker (Band 5) - Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services; Andover; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in a forward-thinking organization focused on empowering individuals impacted by substance misuse. As a Recovery Worker, you will play a crucial role in supporting service users through their recovery journey, providing high-quality, non-judgmental care. This part-time position allows you to make a real difference in the lives of those struggling with addiction, while working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. With a commitment to training and development, this role offers a supportive environment where your contributions will be valued and impactful. If you are passionate about helping others and want to be part of a meaningful cause, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing support

In-house training and coaching support

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in the drug and alcohol field is essential.
• Skills in delivering evidence-based interventions to service users.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a full caseload of complex clients and support their recovery.
• Provide harm reduction advice and conduct comprehensive assessments.

Skills

Understanding of complex needs

Evidence-based interventions

Harm reduction advice

Education

Foundation Degree/HNC in related field

Relevant training in CBT

Tools

Motivational Interviewing

Brief solution-focused therapy

Job description

Main area Recovery Worker Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (occasional weekend and evening working) Job ref 301-IT-25-7179350

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services Employer type NHS Site Csmt Inclusion Andover Town Andover Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/05/2025 23:59

Recovery Worker

Band 5

Job overview

Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to join our teams within Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, a drug and alcohol treatment and support service for individuals impacted by their own or someone else’s use of alcohol or drugs.

The vacancy is open to qualified professionals, or members of the public with some understanding of substance misuse and is based within the Andover hub for Inclusion Recovery Hampshire.

You will be an integral part of a team, making a real difference to people’s lives and the wider communities in which we serve.

In this role, you will utilise all of your expertise in providing a remarkable service and care to your own caseload of service users, this includes being responsible for offering a range of interventions, care planning, assessments and supporting service users through their treatment journey and recovery ambitions – from beginning to end.

Working as part of our dedicated and multi-disciplinary team and alongside our prescribers, you will offer health support via testing clinics for blood borne viruses (BBVs), embracing the concept of recovery and keeping up-to-date and accurate records and documentation.

Main duties of the job

Part Time, (working 30 hours per week), Recovery Worker at Inclusion Recovery Hampshire’s Andover Service.

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues relating to drugs and alcohol and as a Recovery Worker, you will have a duty of care to those in need, providing high quality, inclusive and non-judgemental support. You will be motivated to support service users to develop the social networks and skills that they require to develop positive coping mechanisms, to guide them towards reintegrating successfully into the wider community.

Working for our organisation

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.

We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can.

We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:

• Be responsible for maintaining a full caseload of complex clients and supporting them to move forward in their recovery.
• To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate recommendations as part as a robust duty system.
• Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug and alcohol use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne viruses (BBVs).
• To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
• To provide a range of structured psychosocial interventions including CBT-based brief solution-focused therapy, motivational enhancement techniques, and create and facilitate group work interventions.
• Retain contact with service users whilst they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units, including visits when required.
• To develop and sustain links with multi-disciplinary services including statutory and non-statutory providers of drug and alcohol services, criminal justice services and providers of wrap around services.
• To develop a network of contacts with relevant agencies to promote service accessibility for the client group.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field

Skills

• Understanding of the complex needs facing people who use drugs or alcohol
• Experience and skills in delivering evidence based interventions to service users

Qualications

• Relevant training / Qualification/Experience in associated field • CBT • Motivational Interviewing • Brief solution focussed therapy • Mapping techniques (ITEP/BTEI)
• Foundation Degree/HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, social studies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Debra Critchell Job title Recovery Hub Service Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 1240103 Additional information

If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Debra Critchell as we would love to hear from you.

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