Substance Recovery Navigator

**Vacancy No**

VN4906

**Employment Type**

Fixed Term

**Hours Per Week**

37.00

**Work Pattern**

Includes weekends

**Location**

4/5/7/18/19 Cookson House, South Shields, NE33 1TL

**Location Region**

Tyne and Wear

**Location City**

South Shields

**Location Postal Code**

NE33 1TL

**Interview Date**

04 Apr 2025

**Job Details**

**About the role**
A new opportunity has arisen to be part of South Tyneside Adult Recovery Service (STARS) working closely with South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust (STSFT) to support service users within the hospital environment to access structured treatment and become free from addiction.
STARS is a drug and alcohol recovery service delivered by Humankind in partnership with Spectrum CIC. We provide a range of clinical and psychosocial interventions to support individuals to develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, and live healthier lives within their community.

As a Recovery Navigator you will provide an efficient and effective response to all who contact your service including professionals, service users, family members or carers. You will provide advice, information as well as assessment for those entering treatment, supporting and encouraging engagement and recovery goals.
Please be advised salary will be agreed on, from the pay scale, based on your skills and experience.

The posts will be primarily based in the Emergency Departments and associated wards within South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust (STSFT) and have interconnectivity with South Tyneside Adult Recovery treatment team.
- To attend accident and emergency and all wards to assess inpatients substance use if referred.
- You will provide harm minimisation and if patient is agreeable, you will refer on to STARS and other appropriate services.
- If patient is in hospital for a long time, they can remain on your caseload providing further support prior to them being discharged.
- You will work alongside the alcohol nurse specialists and alcohol navigators, sometimes visiting the same patient as they may use alcohol and substances.
- If the patient does not want support in the community for their substance use, you can signpost to other services.
- You may be required to work weekends.

For full-person specifications and job details, please visit **this link.**
- ‘The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’_
Who are we

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England - and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

What can Waythrough offer you

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Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)

Annual leave purchase scheme

Enhanced occupational sick pay

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Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension

Death in service benefit

Free Will writing

Eyecare vouchers

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Blue light card discount

Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses

Work-life balance
- flexible working and family friendly policies

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Happy, Healthy You - our wellbeing offers for our workforce

Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer

**Salary Period**

**Vacancy Salary Range**

24,020-30,790

**DBS Requirement**

Enhanced Adult Barred

**Does role require Police/Prison vetting?**

Not Applicable

**Driving licence required for role?**

No

**Applications Close Date**

24 Mar 2025