Flexible Sessional Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live; Southall; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Grow Live Ealing RISe is seeking a Recovery Worker on a sessional basis to support adults with substance use needs in the community and in diverse settings. You will manage a caseload, deliver group-based content, and work across GP surgeries, mental health services and housing projects.

The role requires experience in substance misuse, strong communication, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with partners.

Qualifications

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field.
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills.
• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice.
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards.
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from entry into the service through their treatment/recovery journey.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral.
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community.
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement.
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services.
• Working with service users to support social reintegration and recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination.
• Research, design and prepare subject matter for groups/pods and deliver content within group settings.
• Engage in debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators and review progress.
• Tailor workshops to service user needs such as anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc.

Skills

Substance misuse knowledge

Group work experience

Communication skills

IT skills

Time management

Mental health knowledge

Team player

Change management

Information governance

Lifelong learning

Job description

Change Grow Live Ealing RISe is seeking a Recovery Worker on a sessional basis to support adults with substance use needs in the community and in diverse settings. You will manage a caseload, deliver group-based content, and work across GP surgeries, mental health services and housing projects.

The role requires experience in substance misuse, strong communication, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with partners.