Recovery Worker

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Yate; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle Scheme

Up to 31 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Charity Worker Discounts

Job summary

DHI is recruiting a Recovery Worker to support clients in the South Glos area on our drug and alcohol recovery programmes. You will deliver key working and evidence-based psychosocial groupwork to help clients make positive changes in their lives.

You will join an experienced Drug and Alcohol Community Team, carrying out needs and risk assessments while supporting service users. A driving licence and vehicle access are essential for work travel.

Qualifications

• Experience in roles requiring problem solving and motivational skills.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage relationships.
• Willingness to travel and use a vehicle for work.

Responsibilities

• Deliver key working and psychosocial groupwork programmes.
• Carry out needs assessments and risk assessments.
• Support clients to make positive changes to their drug use.
• Travel to client locations using company vehicle where required.

Skills

Problem solving

Motivational interviewing

Organisational skills

Relationship management

Adaptability

Tools

Driving Licence

Job description

Salary: £26,988 - £30,102 per annum pro rate

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Yate

Contract Type: Permanent

DHI are recruiting a Recovery Worker to support clients within the South Glos area who are on one of our drug and alcohol recovery programmes. We are looking for people who can bring creativity and enthusiasm to supporting clients, helping them to make positive changes in their lives.

You will be joining an experienced Drug and Alcohol Community Team that works hard to support each other and to deliver an exceptional service to our clients

As a recovery worker, you will deliver key working and evidence-based psychosocial groupwork programmes to support individuals make positive changes to their drug use. The role is varied and as interesting and requires you to carry out needs assessments and risk assessments alongside other tasks.

A Driving Licence with access to vehicle and willingness to use it for work travel is essential.

About You

At DHI we highly value transferable skills and life experience. If you have good organisational skills, can manage relationships, solve problems, and are resilient, adaptable and flexible then we would love to hear from you.

Your background could be from anywhere where you have needed to apply problem solving and motivational skills. Teaching, ex-armed forces, customer service are all examples of just some professions where we believe these transferable skills are often found, or you may have lived experience.

Our Values

We are an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.

If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.

We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.

What We Offer

• Alongside on the job support and mentoring we offer a variety of training to enable the successful candidate to develop and thrive within this role including motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, professional boundaries and training with regard to drug and alcohol related topics that are relevant to the post.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle Scheme
• up to 31 days paid annual leave (service-related)
• company pension scheme
• Charity Worker Discounts