Recovery Worker

7 months ago


West Sussex, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time

Overview:
**Change Grow Live** are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are

We have an exciting opportunity for a
**Recovery Worker**
***who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

**Where**: With this role you’ll be working as part of our substance misuse team, based in West Sussex. Our hubs are located in Crawley, Horsham, Worthing, Bognor Regis and Chichester, you will be based at one of them.

**When**:
***We are looking to get the right people into the team ASAP

**Hours**: 37.5

**Salary**: CGL Scale 23 - 28 - £26,393.77 - £30,316.74 dependent on experience

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**:

- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
- Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
- Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
- Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc

**About you**:

- Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
- Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

**What we will give to you**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities

**_
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications_**

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with
**Change Grow Live,** then we would love to talk to you.

Interviews for those shortlisted will be held on the 11th and 12th of December.


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