Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sector Recruitment Limited seeks a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker in Sheffield on a 3 month contract starting ASAP. The role involves supporting service users through entry, assessment, and recovery, with a focus on reducing alcohol-related harm and facilitating community involvement.

The position requires an Enhanced DBS for Adults and Children on the Update Service and is paid at £22.68 per hour for a 37.5 hour week, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• DBS check: Enhanced for Adults and Children (Update Service) required.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry through treatment/recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning with onward referral.
• Reduce alcohol-related harm for service users and wider community.
• Promote involvement of carers, service users and community.
• Advocate for access to partnership services.
• Assist social reintegration, helping users lead meaningful lives and build resilience.

Job description

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