Enable job alerts via email!

Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Red Sector Recruitment Limited

Sheffield

On-site

Full time

24 days ago

Boost your interview chances

Create a job specific, tailored resume for higher success rate.

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join their team in Sheffield. This full-time role involves supporting individuals on their recovery journey, providing essential assessments and recovery planning, and promoting community involvement. You will play a crucial role in reducing alcohol-related harm and advocating for access to services, ensuring that service users can lead meaningful lives. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the necessary skills, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the community.

Experience in supporting service users in recovery from substance misuse.
Knowledge of community resources and advocacy for service users.

Support service users through their treatment and recovery journey.
Provide screenings, assessments, and recovery planning.

Substance Misuse Knowledge

Advocacy Skills

Assessment and Recovery Planning

Community Involvement Promotion

Relevant Certification in Substance Misuse

DBS Check

We are currently seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for our client in Sheffield on a 3 month contract to start ASAP.

The rate of pay will be negotiated between £20-21 an hour. This will be a Full Time Contract, Monday to Friday from 09:00-17:00.

As a Recovery Worker, you will be required to:

Support service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;

Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning, and onward referral;

Reduce alcohol-related harm to service users and the wider community;

Promote carer, service user, and community involvement;

Provide advocacy for access to partnership services;

Work with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination.

An Enhanced Adults and Children's DBS will be required for this position.

Get your free, confidential resume review.

or drag and drop a PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, or PAGES file up to 5MB.