Recovery Worker

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

To provide a dedicated comprehensive Recovery Focused Tier 2/3 service to people with drug and alcohol use problems, their families and carers.

Main duties of the job

• To accept referrals, assess need and provide psychosocial interventions.
• To provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood-borne infections.
• Be responsible for maintaining a full caseload of complex clients as the key worker.
• To make home visits consistent with need.
• To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review recovery plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
• To assist and support medical and nurse prescribers during harm reduction and prescribing clinics.
• To provide a range of interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
• To retain contact with service users whilst they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units including visits when required.
• To create and facilitate group work interventions.
• Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
• To work with a range of professionals in ensuring service users' needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.

Person Specification Qualifications

• NVQ 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent qualifications.

Experience

• 12 months minimum experience of working with substance users.
• A commitment to and understanding of harm reduction approaches to working with drug users.
• Counselling skills, case management experience & the ability to work under pressure.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.