Substance misuse recovery worker

2 months ago


Hertfordshire, United Kingdom HAYS Full time
Substance misuse, drug & alcohol job

Your new companyYou will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation.

Your new role


Please note this job is only 30 hours per week, the days are negotiable and the client is flexible aslong as they are completed between the days of Monday to Friday. 

  • To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to service users with alcohol addiction with significant others, including family members, friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
  • Your focus will be on delivering and developing group/pod work programmes, such as Foundations of Recovery. You will work with other programme facilitators and professionals within your project to design and deliver groups/pods, using evidence-based practice, covering the most appropriate issues for your service users.
  • To manage a case load and coordinate and deliver assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning.
  • To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring adherence to all the clients' clients' policies and safeguarding principles.
  • Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education, including delivery programme, brief and extended recovery interventions, blood-borne virus intervention, overdose prevention, including naloxone programmes.
What you'll need to succeed

  • Must have experience working with complex clients that have substance misuse addictions.
  • Must be available within a weeks notice
  • Must Have a Hays DBS or an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service - Please note that Hays will process a new Enhanced DBS should you require one.

What you'll get in return

  • Weekly competitive pay
  • To work for a leading charity
What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your about # 4564169

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