Trainee Recovery and Wellbeing Officer

1 week ago


Bristol, United Kingdom PostScript360 Full time

**Trainee Recovery and Wellbeing Officer**
Bristol, South Gloucestershire
**The Company**
At PostScript360, we provide vital, life-saving services, supporting people to withdraw safely from prescription drug dependence and associated conditions.
Offering wrap-around services, we reach out and engage with individuals who have a prescription drug dependence prescribed or bought illicitly, providing safe and supportive environments with one-to-one therapy, group therapy and telephone support service.
We share our knowledge with health professionals, promote prevention awareness and support people through advocacy, ensuring our clients receive the best care needed.
**The Benefits**:

- Salary of £22,549 - £25,500 per annum
- Train to become a recovery and wellbeing practitioner, specialising in prescription drug dependency
- Receive ongoing training for personal development within your role
- 28 days’ (rising to 30 with length of service) annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Disclosure and Barring Service Check
- Parking available at office
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy service in a vibrant and diverse area of expertise. We are interested to hear from people who have worked with mental health conditions, support workers and NHS workers. This is the ideal role in which todiversify your skill set whilst continuing to make a real difference to vulnerable people.
We pride ourselves on a strong set of values, including respect for everyone, patience, supporting choices and decisions and a creative and innovative approach. By joining our team, you will help us to manifest these values to provide the best support to thosestruggling with prescription drug misuse.
So, if you are ready to make a difference to people’s lives whilst impacting your own career, we are waiting to hear from you.
**The Role**
As a Trainee Recovery and Wellbeing Officer, you will provide face-to-face and virtual therapy to adults who suffer from a dependency on drugs, such as benzodiazepines, Z drugs, painkillers and similar.
Supporting individuals, you will encourage your clients to self-manage their recovery by guiding them on healthy choices and positive changes to overcome their substance dependence.
You will deliver Therapy 300, a holistic approach to recovery which we will train you in, as well as comprehensive assessments, recovery plans and outcome profiles.
Additionally, you will engage with people from all backgrounds and ages, supporting them through the recovery process.
**About You**
As a Trainee Recovery and Wellbeing Officer, you will need:

- At a minimum, one year’s experience as a support worker, working in the mental health sector or working with drug misusers
- The ability to build and maintain positive and productive working relationships
- Good written communication skills
- A can-do attitude, patience, and positive nature
- Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office and CRM
- The ability to demonstrate respect for the diversity, culture, values and choices of clients and wider family and community
- The ability to promote equal opportunities and challenge discriminatory practice
- Level 3 diploma in Health & Social Care, Counselling or equivalent qualification or willingness to achieve qualifications
- An appropriate health professional qualification; National Occupational Standards (DANOS), Health and Social Care Suite (HSC) or the willingness to achieve
- A full, current driving licence and personal transport
Due to the nature of this role, the successful applicant will need an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Other organisations may call this role Drug Misuse Support Worker, Drug Intervention Support Worker, Substance Misuse Practitioner, Addiction Support Practitioner, Support Worker, or Social Worker.
Webrecruit and PostScript360 are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conductbusiness and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.



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