Recovery Worker

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Role Oxygen Detox Recovery Worker

2. Hours 37.5 per week

3. Based Hemel Hempstead

4. Main Purpose of the job

Main Purpose of Role

Holistically supporting adults within a residential detoxification service to achieve abstinence from drugs and/or alcohol and successfully reintegrate into the community.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality, person centred and recovery focussed interventions, utilising key approaches such as Motivational Interviewing, CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), ITEP and Brief Interventions in both a one-to-one and group setting.

• Ensure services delivered conform to the operational policy and procedures of Druglink.
• Participate in meetings that contribute to service delivery and effective case management.
• Enable service users to make informed choices about their drug and/or alcohol consumption and health and social circumstances.
• Seek to develop a relationship of trust with service users, in order that they may address destructive patterns of behaviour and help them to gain confidence and tools to sustain their recovery.
• Work effectively with external agencies and develop excellent working relationships with care managers, other potential sources of referrals and joint working.
• To work closely with all relevant stakeholders, including family members, social workers, GP's, the criminal justice system etc.
• To complete and regularly review care/ risk plans, which set out individual service user goals and support service users to meet their targets as set out in the care/risk plan.
• To administer and record the administration of medication as per the medication procedures, including writing up MAR sheets for new medications administered.
• To support the safe admission of all service users to the unit, working with best clinical practices.

The post holder will work 37.5 hours per week and will organise working time in such a way as to complete tasks within each working week.

Flexibility in the hours will be required including evening, weekend and bank holiday working.

5. Reporting and Working Relationships
This role reports to the Senior Nurse Lead or Service Manager

The diagram below illustrates how this role works in partnership with both internal and external colleagues and service users.

Service Manager

Team Leader Service Users and their families

Recovery Worker

Central Support Staff Team

External
Stakeholders

6. Role Specific Responsibilities
6.1
Service Delivery

• To undertake comprehensive assessments and risk assessments of service users, as part of assessment process and as new information comes to light and risk levels change.
• To conduct care/risk plans and reviews with service users, in line with

Druglink's Care Planning Policy.

• To deliver a structured therapeutic support programme, through group

- work sessions and one to one interventions.

• To administer and record the administration of medication as per the medication procedures.
• To maintain accurate and timely records of service user participation in the therapeutic programme.
• To utilise a flexible approach and where required participate in activities and tasks which directly respond to clients need.
• To carry out drug and alcohol testing as required.
• To uphold all Druglink policies and procedures and actively promote equality of opportunity in the course of your work.
• To maintain a safe and welcoming environment, ensuring health and safety standards are adhered to.
• Ensure regular consultation with service users and promote their equality, diversity and rights.
• To contribute positively to relevant internal and external forums.
• To collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues, partner agencies and family members.
• To undertake any other duties as instructed by the Registered

Manager, Nurse Lead and Druglink Directors that will contribute to fulfilling Druglink aims.

• To ensure all activities are managed in a way that supports Druglink

Quality Assurance Strategy.

• To facilitate post treatment reviews of service users and end of treatment satisfaction surveys.
• To protect vulnerable adults and children from abuse and to report any concerns immediately to the Registered Manager or Nurse Lead.
• To facilitate an onward referral process during and at the end of treatment for all service users, highlighting ongoing treatment/ support options, housing referrals, mental health referrals, ETE options etc.
• Complete TOP's and Outcome star for all service users on your caseload, or as directed by Team Leader.

6.2
Quality Control

• To work closely with the Registered Manager or Nurse Lead to ensure that all service delivery is inline with the service specification and service contracts, and meets internal and external agreed targets.
• To ensure that all information in relation to safeguarding is reported promptly and accurate records are maintained
• To ensure that

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