Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Cheltenham is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a 3-month contract starting ASAP. The role involves supporting service users throughout their treatment and recovery journey. Candidates must have an Enhanced DBS and experience in promoting recovery and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Must have an Enhanced Adults and Children’s DBS.
• Experience in supporting service users through treatment or recovery.
• Ability to promote recovery, resilience, peer support.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry to recovery.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning.
• Work on reducing alcohol related harm.

Job description

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

Responsibilities

• 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 will be required for this position.