Overview
Recovery Practitioner - Opiates – Southwark. We are seeking a dedicated Recovery Practitioner - Opiates to join our dynamic team in Southwark. This contract position lasts 9 months and offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference while developing professional skills.
Responsibilities
- Supporting service users from initial entry into the service through their recovery journey
- Conducting screening, assessments, and recovery planning, including onward referrals
- Reducing drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the community
- Promoting community involvement, social reintegration, resilience, and peer support
- Acting as the main care coordinator overseeing individual recovery plans
- Developing tailored packages of care, which may include psycho-social, clinical, and harm minimisation interventions
- Supporting substance misuse and substitution prescribing regimes in collaboration with clinicians
- Carrying out risk assessments, risk management, and safeguarding procedures
- Providing health education on harm minimisation, overdose prevention, and blood-borne viruses
- Liaising with partner agencies, including health services and community groups
- Ensuring confidentiality and building trusting therapeutic relationships
Candidate Requirements
- Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues, particularly opiate misuse
- Experience working within substance misuse and recovery environments
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of mental health interventions and outcomes-focused approaches
- Commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality, and equality, diversity & inclusion
- IT competency for record-keeping and reporting
Benefits
- £250 Training Allowance
- Dedicated Specialist Consultant support
- Working with thousands of clients nationwide
- Daily payroll runs
- Free candidate registrations
- Referral and loyalty bonus schemes
- Sign-up bonus
- Free compliance checks
Salary / Pay Rate
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Recovery Practitioner - Opiates - Southwark employer: Service Care Solutions Ltd
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Contact Details:
Service Care Solutions Ltd Recruitment Team
