Job Title: Recovery Worker (Alcohol lead)
Location: Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
Salary: £23,420.03 – £25,052.45
The Service: The Organisation works alongside the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) in delivering the One Recovery Bucks (ORB) service, supporting adults and their families affected by drugs and alcohol in Buckinghamshire.
Job type: Full time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week) and may include evening, weekend & bank holiday work
Position Purpose:
- To work within the ORB team to provide a dedicated comprehensive recovery focused service for people specifically with alcohol misuse
- To provide structured psychosocial interventions, group work and harm minimisation support within a recovery framework
- To contribute to the delivery of The Organisation’s business plans and ensuring that Organisation’s vision and values are embedded within the organisation
Responsibility for:
- Delivering safe and effective psychosocial interventions to alcohol users and non-opiate users within a community setting
- Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to that individual
- The post holder will work collaboratively with the alcohol detox nurse / NMPs / Medics to ensure a seamless transition into and through alcohol detox
- Supporting a service user through their treatment journey from beginning to end
- Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your clinical work
- Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation
- Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation
Your skills & experience will include:
- A good working knowledge and understanding of service users with drug and alcohol related problems
- Experience in managing a caseload of service users with complex needs
- Awareness of issues faced by others involved with people experiencing drug and alcohol related problems
- Proven verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor the message to the audience
- Able to deliver a range of services/treatments/interventions in a person centred, non-judgmental manner
- Able to demonstrate flexibility and creativity when developing support packages
- Collaborative team working skills
- Adaptable and able to work in a challenging and changeable environment
- Ability to deliver against agreed objectives and targets
Qualifications:
- Vocational qualification e.g. NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification
- Demonstrable education and/or training in substance use work
Key Competencies:
- Passion and charisma; genuinely motivated to work within a team to drive sales growth
- Results/process oriented by sharing a proactive approach and resourcefulness to manage timelines, analyse priorities, and deliver consistent disciplined actions
- Willingness to change directions frequently in the spirit of continuous improvement to be effective daily and monthly
- Strategic thinker that commands quality, performance, and superior communications with the team and for Organisation’s customers
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS
Please click on the APPLY button and CHECK YOUR EMAILS for the application form.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Recovery Worker, Social Care Worker, Recovery Support Worker, Drug Misuse, Alcohol Misuse, Social Care Support may also be considered for this role.
