Recovery Outreach Worker

Service Care Solutions Ltd; Preston; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Recovery Outreach Worker to support individuals battling drug and alcohol addiction. In this vital role, you will connect with marginalized communities, fostering relationships based on shared experiences and understanding. Your advocacy and documentation skills will help empower service users, ensuring their voices are heard and their journeys respected. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others while contributing to a vision of safety and ambition for all. Join a team that values growth, connection, and the potential of every individual.

Benefits

£250 Training Allowance

Excellent Pay Rates

£250 Referral Bonus

Specialist Substance Misuse consultants

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with drug & alcohol issues and homelessness.
• Ability to advocate for community members and document work thoughtfully.

Responsibilities

• Connect with Afro-Caribbean and dual heritage individuals in Lancashire.
• Create spaces for understanding and belonging within the community.

Skills

Experience with drug & alcohol addiction

Understanding of recovery journeys

Documentation skills

Advocacy skills

Community connection understanding

Job description

Recovery Outreach Worker

Service Care Solutions are supporting a non-profit provider and they are currently recruiting for a Recovery Outreach Worker. As a Recovery Outreach Worker you will play a crucial role by supporting individuals that are suffering with Drug & Alcohol addiction. The Ideal candidate needs to be experienced within the field but also someone who is highly driven and can identify positivity within a service user and have the ability to develop potential within.

Who We're Looking For

To thrive in this role, you'll bring:

1. Experience walking alongside people who've been excluded from or harmed by mainstream services, particularly those experiencing drug & alcohol issues and homelessness.
2. Some understanding of healing, recovery journeys being personal.
3. The ability to document our work thoughtfully, capturing important details while honouring people's stories in case notes.
4. Confidence to speak up - both advocating for community members and contributing your voice within our team.
5. Willingness to share your insights and learning, helping our whole team grow.
6. Understanding of African Caribbean, global majority, dual heritage experiences from the inside - through lived experience or deep community connection.

What This Role Involves - Growing Community Connections

1. Finding and connecting with Afro-Caribbean, global majority, dual heritage people in Lancashire.
2. Growing relationships based on authentic understanding and shared experience.
3. Creating spaces where people feel they are understood and truly belong.
4. Connecting with other organisations and services while staying true to our values.

Our client vision is for people of all ages to be safe, build ambitions for the future and to reach their full potential. They create services and support people’s complex Health and Social needs, helping them to build healthier lives that have meaning and value for themselves and their families.

What we offer for a Recovery Outreach Worker;

1. £250 Training Allowance
2. Excellent Pay Rates
3. A fantastic £250 Referral Bonus
4. Specialist Substance Misuse consultants offering single point of contact

If you want to hear more about this Recovery Outreach Worker role please send us your CV by clicking 'apply now!'