Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sector Recruitment Limited is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker in Southend on a 3 month contract, starting ASAP. The role involves supporting service users through treatment and recovery journeys, with screening, assessment and onward referrals.

The position requires an Enhanced DBS and offers a pay rate of £21-£23 per hour, based on a 37.5-hour week, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Experience or willingness to provide screening and assessment in a recovery setting.
• Ability to develop recovery plans and coordinate onward referrals.
• Commitment to reducing alcohol-related harm and promoting recovery.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Screening

Assessment

Recovery planning

Advocacy

Social integration

Job description

We currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Southend on a 3 month contract to start ASAP.

The rate of pay will be £21-23 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