Recovery Support & Advocacy Specialist

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sector Recruitment Limited is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a client in Chelmsford on a 3-month contract, starting ASAP. The role runs 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, at an hourly rate of £21-£23.

The position involves supporting service users through their recovery journey, conducting screening and referrals, reducing alcohol-related harm, and promoting involvement of carers, service users, and the community.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing 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 (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination.

Job description

Red Sector Recruitment Limited is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a client in Chelmsford on a 3-month contract, starting ASAP. The role runs 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, at an hourly rate of £21-£23.

The position involves supporting service users through their recovery journey, conducting screening and referrals, reducing alcohol-related harm, and promoting involvement of carers, service users, and the community.