Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sector Recruitment Limited is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker in Aylesbury on a 3-month contract, starting ASAP. Pay is £22.68 per hour for a 37.5-hour week, Monday to Friday.

The role involves supporting service users through treatment and recovery, conducting screening and assessments, and promoting recovery within the community. An Enhanced DBS will be required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting service users through treatment/recovery journeys.
• Screening, assessment and recovery planning experience.
• Ability to promote recovery and involve carers and community.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry into the service through their recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning with onward referral.
• Reduce alcohol-related harm for service users and the wider community.
• Promote carer, service user and community involvement.
• Advocate for access to partnership services.
• Assist service users to social reintegration and meaningful lives.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Job description

We currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Aylesbury on a 3 month contract to start ASAP. The rate of pay will be £22.68 an hour. This will be 37.5 Hour a Week Contract, Monday to Friday.

As a Recovery Worker you will be required to:

• 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.

An Enhanced Adults and Children's DBS on the Update Service will be required for this position