Hospital Link Worker (Ref:0033ZD)

We Are With You

The closing date is 21 May 2025

Job summary

Our Stoke Community Drug and Alcohol service are looking for a Hospital Link Worker to join our team. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Hospital Link Worker will provide support for people in hospital who are using drugs or alcohol who want to engage in treatment. You will form links with the hospital to ensure continuity of care, establishing & maintaining a quality hospital liaison service developing inpatient & outpatient services for those with substance related issues. You will liaise between:

Hospital and, community pharmacies
Hospital safeguarding teams inpatient and community Mental Health Teams
Accident & Emergency to provide early interventions for those with drug or alcohol related health concerns
core WithYou teams including our Clinical Lead

This is an integral role for With You - as a frontline worker, you will deliver continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, delivery of interventions and key work responsibilities. It's a great time to join us and be part of something truly life changing for our clients and communities.

About us

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland. Our name reflects who we are - a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that's right for them. Our staff team changes lives. If you're passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we'd love to hear from you.

Date posted

30 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,821 to £26,500 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

oc-1746005294-W10TF

Job locations

Stoke-on-Trent

ST1 2QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people's lives? As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here. The closing date for applications is 21st May 2025. Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised.

This is a full time, fixed term position working 37.5 hours per week until 31/03/2026. Some Saturday working is required on a rota basis and the salary is £23,821 to £26,500 per annum.

Benefits

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

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, people of all ages 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.

WithYou 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

This is a full time, fixed term position working 37.5 hours per week until 31/03/2026. Some Saturday working is required on a rota basis and the salary is £23,821 to £26,500 per annum.

Benefits

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A full job description and person specification are available on request by emailing recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Experience

Essential

We're looking for a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships.
You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, or a clear motivation for wanting to work in the drug and alcohol sector.
A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential and you will also be organised with excellent time management skills.
We welcome applications from those with lived experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A full job description and person specification are available on request by emailing recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Experience

Essential

We're looking for a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships.
You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, or a clear motivation for wanting to work in the drug and alcohol sector.
A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential and you will also be organised with excellent time management skills.
We welcome applications from those with lived experience.

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.