Recovery Worker

Interim Housing & Support Recruitment Solutions

Recovery Worker

A well-established Support Provider based in Dorset is looking for a Recovery Worker to join their team on a 3 - 6 month period to support individuals with Alcohol and Substance Misuse issues. The post holder will deliver a valuable service to the community and the public and help vulnerable service user to develop appropriate interventions and help them to reduce risks and harms.  

Location: Dorset

Contract duration: 3 months +

Hours: Mon – Fri: 9am – 5pm 

Hourly rate: £18.00 - £20.00 via Umbrella

Vacancy ref number: J69033/ 70248

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Act as the point of entry for clients into the service by providing Triage and Comprehensive Assessments, Referrals, and contributing to Recovery Plans
• Manage an active caseload; providing structured brief psychosocial/ Pharmacotherapy interventions in compliance with the service delivery model
• Screen for Blood Borne Viruses (BBV), with the aim to prevent/ control the spread of infection
• Preventing or reducing Drug and Alcohol related harms to service users by identifying potential Risk/s, and within the context of the wider community
• Develop and disseminate substance misuse information and give advice on Health and Social Well being in both and group and 1-1 environment
• Work with clinicians to support substitute prescribing regimes to improve social functioning
• Support service users to support socially reintegrate into the community; enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination
• Safeguard service users from harm, abuse, or neglect
• Coordinate psycho-social interventions: (1-1 Key Work, Group Work, harm minimisation, and brief interventions)

Essential criteria include:

• Current enhanced DBS (within the past 12 months)
• Experience of working within service users with Substance Misuse issues

To apply for this role or to find out about other Housing jobs, please contact Paulo Davis or Ashleigh Clarke from the Bristol Housing recruitment team on 0117 930 8760 or p.davis@venngroup.com

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