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About the Role:

• Support service users throughout their treatment and recovery journey, providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning.
• Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the wider community through effective interventions.
• Promote carer, service user, and community involvement in the recovery process.
• Provide advocacy for access to partnership services and support social (re)integration.
• Design and 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.

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, able 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.
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards.
• 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 Offer:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year's service (capped at 30 days).
• Paid 'Wellness' hour each week, along with a 'Wellness' hub and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Several benefits, including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team.
• Training, career development, and progression opportunities.
• Generous Refer-a-Friend scheme.