Waking Night Support Worker (Recovery) Recovery Lighthouse

UK Addiction Treatment Centres; Goring-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PDP

Training opportunities

On-site parking

Blue Light Card discounts

Employee of the month vouchers

Wellness programme

MH First Aiders

Employee appreciation days

Job summary

UK Addiction Treatment Centres is recruiting a Waking Night Support Worker for Recovery Lighthouse in Worthing. The role covers night shifts from 19:00 to 08:00, averaging 43.75 hours per week, with a pay rate of £12.71 per hour.

You will support clients and work with our therapeutic team within a reputable rehab setting. The role emphasizes compassionate, solution-focused care, risk management, and collaboration with external services.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Proficient in Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Strong active listening skills.
• Ability to undertake lone-working safely.
• Able to negotiate and influence professional boundaries.
• Ability to develop and review risk management plans.
• Demonstrate empathy with a calm, caring approach.
• Capable of handling intensive and pressurised situations.

Responsibilities

• Undertake all duties and responsibilities in line with policies, procedures, guidelines and QA strategy, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee intake, assessment and discharge interventions.
• Assist therapeutic team with risk management planning and reviews with external partners where appropriate.
• Ensure clients observe programme rules and support action where breaches occur, including substance testing.
• Provide information and support to clients including referrals to aftercare services for abstinent lifestyles.
• Maintain accurate client records and databases and provide timely statistics for management and evaluation.
• Assist in transferring individuals between agencies and services.
• Support clients with prompting of medication and conduct medication audits and records.
• Help clients develop recovery plans addressing identified needs.
• Support attendance at external appointments and assist with transport when needed.
• Assist in day-to-day operation by helping clients with practical life skills, benefits, housing.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Verbal & written communication

Independent working

Team collaboration

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

Active listening

Lone-working

Negotiation

Risk management

Empathy

Calm under pressure

Tools

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

WAKING NIGHT SUPPORT WORKER (RECOVERY)

Recovery Lighthouse, Worthing

£12.71 per hour

Shift times: 19:00 to 08:00 (43.75 average week) The schedule alternates between 3 nights one week and 4 nights the next.

If you’re a solution focused, compassionate Waking Night Support Worker, we are interested in speaking with you! Come and be a part of The UK’s Leading Alcohol & Drug Rehab Provider, we pride ourselves on providing a world-class treatment in comfortable and affordable facilities across the UK. You’ll be ensuring the day-to-day provision of a high-quality support programme to substance misusing clients’, families and the community. We’re looking for someone to join our team at Recovery Lighthouse in Worthing.

The benefits of being a Sleeping Night Support Worker in the team:

• Supportive PDP
• Training and development opportunities
• On-site parking
• Blue Light Card- discounts at thousands of retailers
• Employee of the month vouchers (Delegating up to £100 per month)
• Wellness programme (24/7 BUPA counselling support)
• Mental Health First Aiders
• We host employee appreciation days!

Main duties of the Support Worker:

• Undertake all duties and responsibilities in accordance with: company policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, standards; good professional practice and the company’s QA strategy, CQC and other regulatory requirements, relevant legislations, all legal and contractual obligations.
• Oversee and or conduct effective intake, assessment and discharge interventions.
• Assist the therapeutic team to carry out accurate, complete and timely risk management planning and reviews in conjunction with external third parties where appropriate.
• Ensure clients observe the programme’s rules and support the manager in investigating and taking action where these may have been breached including substance testing.
• Provide advice, information and support to clients including referral to aftercare services that focus on maintaining an abstinent lifestyle.
• Oversee the maintenance of accurate client records and databases and provide statistics for management and to assist with service evaluation in a timely fashion.
• Assist in the transfer of individuals between agencies and services.
• Support clients with the prompting of their medication, conduct accurate and timely medication audits and maintain accurate medication records.
• Work with clients to produce appropriate and achievable recovery plans to help them address their identified needs.
• Ensure residents attend external appointments in line with their care plan by supporting them to access transport or accompanying them if necessary.
• Assist in the day-to-day operation of services by working with clients, enabling them to cope with practical aspects of daily living (life skills, benefits, housing).

Essential criteria:

• Good organisational skills and time management skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills at all levels.
• Ability to work on one's own initiative and as part of a team.
• Competent within the demands of the role in Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Strong active listening skills
• Ability to undertake lone-working safely and effectively.
• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively in terms of professional boundaries.
• Ability to develop and review risk management plans.
• Ability to express empathy and a non-judgemental attitude with a calm, caring approach.
• Capacity to handle intensive and pressurised situations.

Recruitment Process:

• You will be called for a screening where our talent acquisition specialist can ask you questions around your work experiences
• If you are successful with the above, you will be asked to attend an interview on site
• UKAT is disability confident, providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
• Strong customer service skills.