Recovery Worker

Developing Health and Independence; Yate; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle Scheme

Annual leave up to 31 days

Company pension scheme

Charity Worker Discounts

Job summary

Developing Health and Independence (DHI) is recruiting a Recovery Worker to support clients in the South Glos area on drug and alcohol recovery programmes. You will deliver key working and evidence-based psychosocial groupwork and carry out needs and risk assessments.

A driving licence with access to a vehicle is essential. The role offers training, mentoring, a pension scheme, cycle scheme and generous annual leave.

Qualifications

• Experience applying problem solving and motivational skills.
• Ability to manage relationships, solve problems and be adaptable.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle for work travel.

Responsibilities

• Deliver key working and evidence-based psychosocial groupwork programmes.
• Carry out needs assessments and risk assessments.
• Support clients on drug and alcohol recovery programmes.

Skills

Transferable skills

Problem solving

Motivational skills

Organisational skills

Relationship management

Resilience

Flexibility

Job description

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Warmley

Contract Type: Permanent

The Role

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.

As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, up to 31 days paid annual leave (service-related) , company pension scheme and Charity Worker Discounts.

Equality & Diversity

We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce. The form does not form part of the selection process.

We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce. This form will not be used as part of the selection process, and it is fully anonymous. Please also tell us where you saw the post advertised.