Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a full-time position in King's Lynn. This role involves supporting service users throughout their recovery process, conducting assessments, and promoting community involvement. The position offers a competitive pay rate of £22–£23 per hour on a 3-month contract, Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00. An Enhanced DBS will be required to undertake this role.

Qualifications

• Enhanced Adults and Children’s DBS required.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry through their recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning.
• Reduce alcohol-related harm to service users and community.
• Promote involvement of carers and service users.
• Advocate for access to partnership services.
• Support social reintegration and promote recovery.

Job description

We are currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Kings Lynn on a 3‑month contract to start ASAP. The rate of pay will be negotiated between £22–£23 an hour. This will be a full‑time contract, Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 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.

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