Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

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

Job summary

A recruitment agency is currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a full-time position in Chester. This role is focused on supporting service users throughout their recovery journey, providing assessments and planning, and advocating for community involvement. An Enhanced DBS is required. The position will start ASAP with a pay rate between £22-23 per hour.

Qualifications

• An Enhanced Adults and Children's DBS will be required for this position.

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.

Job description

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

The rate of pay will be negotiated between £22-23 an hour. This will be Full Time Contract, Monday to Friday from 09:00-17:00.

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.

Qualifications

An Enhanced Adults and Children's DBS will be required for this position.