Job Title: Recovery Worker – Alcohol
Location: Aylesbury
Salary: £24,366.20 – £25,051 p.a.
Job type: Full time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week) and may include evening, weekend and bank holiday work
Position Purpose:
- To work with the team to provide a dedicated comprehensive recovery focused service for people with alcohol misuse across Bucks
- To provide structured psychosocial interventions, group work and harm minimisation support within a recovery framework
- To contribute to the delivery of the company’s business plans and ensuring that the company’s vision and values are embedded within the organisation
Responsibility for:
- The post holder will be responsible for delivering safe and effective psychosocial interventions to alcohol users and non-opiate users within a community setting
- The caseload will be lower than generic recovery workers within the service as there will be the expectation that service users will be seen weekly / fortnightly
- Treatment for the alcohol cohort will be delivered within a 12-week time frame, apart from the most complex service users
- The post holder will deliver evidence-based interventions in line with Inclusions alcohol pathway. This will include referral into the 8-week alcohol group
- The post holder will work collaboratively with the alcohol detox nurse / NMPs / Medics to ensure a seamless transition into and through alcohol detox
- 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:
- Extensive experience and a good understanding of service users with 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 success
- 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 service users
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS.
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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Recovery Worker, Social Care Worker, Recovery Support Worker, Drug Misuse Support Worker, Alcohol Misuse Support Worker, Social Care Support may also be considered for this role
