Recovery Support Specialist - Substance Misuse

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Leigh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sector Recruitment Limited seeks a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker in Leigh on a 3-month contract, starting ASAP. The role pays £22-£23 per hour, for a 37.5 hour week, Monday to Friday.

The post involves supporting service users from entry into the service and through their treatment and recovery journey, with screening, assessment and onward referral, and promoting recovery and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting service users through entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey.
• Ability to provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral.
• Advocacy for access to partnership services and promoting community involvement.

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 seeks a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker in Leigh on a 3-month contract, starting ASAP. The role pays £22-£23 per hour, for a 37.5 hour week, Monday to Friday.

The post involves supporting service users from entry into the service and through their treatment and recovery journey, with screening, assessment and onward referral, and promoting recovery and community involvement.