Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

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

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for a client in Birmingham on a full-time basis. The role involves supporting service users from entry into the service, providing necessary advocacy and recovery planning, and working to reduce alcohol-related harm. Candidates must possess the ability to promote community involvement and facilitate social reintegration. This position offers a contract with a pay rate of £22-23 an hour, Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00.

Qualifications

• Experience working with service users in recovery support.
• Knowledge of alcohol-related harm reduction strategies.
• Ability to promote community and service user involvement.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry through treatment and recovery.
• Provide screening, assessment, and onward referral.
• Promote recovery and resilience among service users.

Skills

Supporting service users

Providing advocacy

Recovery planning

Social integration support

Job description

We currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Birmingham 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.

As a Recovery Worker you will be required to:

• 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.