Alcohol Recovery Worker

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• 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 drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user, and community involvement
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• Motivational interviewing
• Children’s & adult safeguarding
• Substance awareness
• 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
• Equality/diversity and inclusion
• First aid

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and/or experience of working within a similar field
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with good IT skills
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills, and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays), rising by 1 day for each year of service
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team

Please read the attached Job Description for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specifications.

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