Recovery Worker

Job summary If you have a compassionate nature and a genuine desire to help others, you could be just what we're looking for.
As a Recovery Worker you will be providing support and advice to people who are experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse.
You will manage referrals into the service, completing triage assessment and providing appropriate harm reduction advice.
You will also develop plans with clients to help them get their lives back to where they want them to be.
We are determined and Main duties of the job If you think this could be the career for you, take the first step and apply now to join our amazing team.
You will be a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships.
We're looking for demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, ideally with those with substance misuse issues.
You will be highly organised, with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively, working as part of a team to ensure a high quality service is maintained.
Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our clients and key stakeholders.
This is an evolving part of our service that is truly making a difference and if you believe you have the passion to be a part of our team, please get in touch or submit your application below.
We will provide you with the training and support that you need to develop in your role.
About us As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff.
We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
Job description Job responsibilities If you have a compassionate nature and a genuine desire to help others, you could be just what we're looking for.
As a Recovery Worker you will be providing support and advice to people who are experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse.
You will manage referrals into the service, completing triage assessment and providing appropriate harm reduction advice.
You will also develop plans with clients to help them get their lives back to where they want them to be.
We are determined and always professional in our approach to each and every case and we never judge, we're just here to help.
There will be assessments to carry out and records you need to keep and update, that's all part of our professional commitment and service to our clients and commissioners.
If you think this could be the career for you, take the first step and apply now to join our amazing team.
You will be a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships.
We're looking for demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, ideally with those with substance misuse issues.
You will be highly organised, with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively, working as part of a team to ensure a high quality service is maintained.
Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our clients and key stakeholders.
This is an evolving part of our service that is truly making a difference and if you believe you have the passion to be a part of our team, please get in touch or submit your application below.
We will provide you with the training and support that you need to develop in your role.
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Essential Skills To be successful in this role, you will:have attained ONC/NVQ level 3 or be willing to achieve this within 12 monthshave some experience of working in a health, social care or related settinghave the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with clients and colleagues alikebe able to work effectively in a team, supporting others when neededbe resilient under pressure and able to prioritise you work have good oral and written communication skillsbe comfortable using IT and digital mediabe organised and able to manage your time effectivelyable to be flexible with your working hours on occasionbe happy to support other With You locations when needed You will also need to meet our safeguarding requirements of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check Desirable Skills A full job description will be available upon request.
About Company Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.
At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that's staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether.
We give people support in a way that's right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online.
We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.
We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.
We Are With You.
As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff.
We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential To be successful in this role, you will: have attained ONC/NVQ level 3 or be willing to achieve this within 12 months have some experience of working in a health, social care or related setting have the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with clients and colleagues alike be able to work effectively in a team, supporting others when needed be resilient under pressure and able to prioritise you work have good oral and written communication skills be comfortable using IT and digital media be organised and able to manage your time effectively able to be flexible with your working hours on occasion be happy to support other With You locations when needed You will also need to meet our safeguarding requirements of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check Experience Essential To be successful in this role, you will: have attained ONC/NVQ level 3 or be willing to achieve this within 12 months have some experience of working in a health, social care or related setting have the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with clients and colleagues alike be able to work effectively in a team, supporting others when needed be resilient under pressure and able to prioritise you work have good oral and written communication skills be comfortable using IT and digital media be organised and able to manage your time effectively able to be flexible with your working hours on occasion be happy to support other With You locations when needed You will also need to meet our safeguarding requirements of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check