We Are With You

Recovery Worker

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Job summary

Main duties of the job

As a Recovery Worker you will be providing support and guidance to people who are experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse. You will have your own caseload and facilitate groups as part of the group work programme. Alongside the team, you will work to identify how we can help and develop plans with clients to help them get their lives back to where they want them to be. 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. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, resilient, caring and creative. Ideally with experience/ interest in working in substance misuse and facilitating groups. You will work as part of a team with the aims of: understanding your clients keeping them safe creating a plan they can achieve with your support checking in with them and reviewing their progress keeping accurate and timely records of your contact with them working effectively with other social care providers e.g. Housing, to cover all aspects of their successful recovery continuously learning and reflecting to improve the outcomes for your clients supporting your colleagues across the service to deliver excellent care

About us

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.

Date posted

29 June 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£22,687 to £30,250 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

recroot-5495-46621-78

Job locations

London

South West London

SW9 8RR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for a rewarding career as a Recovery Worker in substance misuse? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen at our Lambeth Harbour Service. The Lambeth Harbour supports people with their ongoing recovery and offers a range of groups, 1-2-1 support, and pathways into training, employment and education. As a Recovery Worker you will be providing support and guidance to people who are experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse. You will have your own caseload and facilitate groups as part of the group work programme. Alongside the team, you will work to identify how we can help and develop plans with clients to help them get their lives back to where they want them to be. 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. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, resilient, caring and creative. Ideally with experience/ interest in working in substance misuse and facilitating groups. You will be working within a highly skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team who will support you in your development and your ability to deliver the best care you can to our service users .We are determined and always professional in our approach to each and every case and we never judge - we're just here to help About this job You will work as part of a team with the aims of:

understanding your clients

keeping them safe

creating a plan they can achieve with your support

checking in with them and reviewing their progress

keeping accurate and timely records of your contact with them

working effectively with other social care providers e.g. Housing, to cover all aspects of their successful recovery

continuously learning and reflecting to improve the outcomes for your clients

supporting your colleagues across the service to deliver excellent care

Diversity statement 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 Disability Confident Committed 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. Essential Skills 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. Desirable Skills We'll give your application priority if you:

have previous experience of working with people who misuse substances

knowledge of health and safety, including assessing client in high-risk situations

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.