Assertive Outreach Worker

Assertive Outreach Worker

Location: Telford

Salary: £25,842 - £27,882 per annum

Fixed term until 3rd June 2026, 37 hours per week

We re part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Telford STaRS, a partnership between Inclusion, Aquarius and Willowdene, is the first point of contact for anyone experiencing problems related to drug or alcohol use in Telford and Wrekin. The service is free and confidential, serving both children and young people 10+ and adults 18+. And, right now, we need a flexible individual with a good understanding of the functional model of substance abuse to join our friendly team.

Your challenge? To identify and engage with local communities, groups, agencies and individuals to assess alcohol and drug related harms and the need for appropriate interventions, information and training to increase the understanding and reduce the harm related to alcohol and drug misuse. Developing productive working relationships and sustaining arrangements for joint working between workers and specialist and non-specialist agencies will be key, as will promoting people s equality, diversity and rights throughout the advice, training and interventions offered.

You ll also need the ability to recognise the indications of substance misuse and screen, assess, provide appropriate support and interventions and refer people on as necessary. Well-versed in providing long-term support that s not time-limited and flexible enough to meet the changing and complex needs of the client group, you re adept at providing written assessments and keeping records too. What s more, you re an energetic self-starter who works well within a team and on your own initiative, have experience of providing training and above all a genuinely sympathetic approach.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Waythrough, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a Black, Asian and those in Minority Ethnic background.

This is a rolling recruitment process; shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

Learning and development is important to us, and we are pleased to be able to offer a wide range of apprenticeships. We hire apprentices into specific roles as well as offering apprenticeships to the workforce. Anyone can apply to undertake an apprenticeship relevant to the role as long as they are in a permanent post and have successfully passed probation.

Aquarius Action Projects is a long-established charity (since 1982) based in Birmingham with a national reach of contracts and Partnerships. Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough a large charity that specialises in mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas.