Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sector Recruitment Limited is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a 3-month contract in Barnsley, starting ASAP. The role pays £22.68 per hour and runs 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

The post requires DBS (Enhanced Adults and Children's) on Update Service and involves supporting service users through entry, evaluation, and recovery planning, with focus on reducing harm and promoting reintegration.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from 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

We currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Barnsley 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