We Are With You

Recovery Worker

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Job summary

This is a fixed term opportunity until 31/03/2025. Please note this role is subject to Staffordshire Police Vetting. Our Stoke Community Drug and Alcohol service are looking for a Recovery Worker to join our Criminal Justice team. The role will be working within all aspects of the Criminal Justice team, which includes supporting people released from prison and regular communication with partner agencies including Police and Probation colleagues.

Main duties of the job

If you are an enthusiastic and creative individual and are passionate about changing people's lives for the better, we'd love to hear from you. As a Recovery Worker you will be providing support and advice to people who are experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse. You will have your own caseload, working as part of our team and alongside other social care services to identify how we can help. You will develop plans with your 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.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

17 November 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£22,687 to £30,250 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

recroot-5495-48338-88

Job locations

Stoke-on-trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 5BY


Job description

Job responsibilities

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 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

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 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

  • Ideally you will have experience of working in a health social care/substance misuse setting. Criminal Justice experience is preferential. We are looking for positive and motivated candidates who are able to communicate with a wide range of people and in different settings. You will also be results driven, highly organised with excellent time management skills.
  • A full job description and person specification is available on request.

Experience

Essential

  • Essential Skills
  • 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
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Ideally you will have experience of working in a health social care/substance misuse setting. Criminal Justice experience is preferential. We are looking for positive and motivated candidates who are able to communicate with a wide range of people and in different settings. You will also be results driven, highly organised with excellent time management skills.
  • A full job description and person specification is available on request.

Experience

Essential

  • Essential Skills
  • 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

We Are With You

Address

Stoke-on-trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 5BY


Employer's website

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

We Are With You

Address

Stoke-on-trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 5BY


Employer's website

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Manager

Emily Frost

Emily.frost@wearewithyou.org.uk

07811056955

Details

Date posted

17 November 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£22,687 to £30,250 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

recroot-5495-48338-88

Job locations

Stoke-on-trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 5BY


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