At a Glance
- Tasks: Support individuals with substance dependency through assessments and tailored recovery plans.
- Company: Join Day Webster, a leader in recovery services on the Isle of Wight.
- Benefits: Monday to Friday hours, competitive pay, and a chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and collaboration.
- Why this job: Be part of a vital mission to help others overcome addiction and improve lives.
- Qualifications: Experience in substance misuse treatment and a passion for helping others.
The predicted salary is between 30332 - 37072 £ per year.
Day Webster are currently recruiting for a Band 5 Recovery Worker to support HMP Isle of Wight.
The role is for those accessing treatment with alcohol or substance dependency, mainly opiate dependency.
Essential Experience
- Prior experience within a structured drug and alcohol treatment system.
- Working with those prescribed OST, alongside other prescribed interventions.
- You will offer PSI interventions and be well versed in harm reduction principles to reduce drug and alcohol related harm.
- Prison clearance is essential
- The role is Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm
Key Responsibilities
- 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 case load of clients as the key worker.
- To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
- To assist and support nurse prescribers during prescribing clinics.
- To provide a range of structured psycho-social interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
- To create and facilitate group work interventions.
- To provide a needle exchange service.
- Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
- To work with a range of professional in ensuring service users’ needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.
- Encourage and work with service users to move forward in their recovery
- Encourage and work intensively with service users to support them move away from maintenance treatment where appropriate
To find out more about this opportunity please email your CV to sandy. sheikh@daywebster. com
- Role Requirements
- Right to Work Document
- DBS Certificate (Update service desirable)
- 2 x Referee contact details
- Relevant experience in Substance Misuse and Recovery Services
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Substance Misuse Recovery Worker - Isle of Wight employer: Day Webster Limited
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