Substance misuse recovery worker

East London NHS Foundation Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

Path to Recovery, Drug and Alcohol Services provides community based drug and alcohol services to Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the job is to reduce drug and alcohol related harms to individuals, families and communities, and empower service users to achieve a better quality of life and wellbeing and fulfill their personal ambitions for recovery. The post holder will

put service users at the centre of everything they do, and consistently deliver a high quality service that promotes and supports recovery in line with Trust vision and processes
work to values that include self-determination, empowerment and choice for service users
work in partnership with service users and empower them to draw on their individual strengths and assets, and set goals they would like to achieve in all aspects of their lives.

About us

Path to Recovery, Drug and Alcohol Services provides community based drug and alcohol services to Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire

Date posted

24 January 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-SSLB10206

Job locations

P2R 21 The Crescent

Bedford

MK40 2RT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and personal specification for more information about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and personal specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

Essential

oEnglish and Maths at minimum GCSE or higher.
oInformation and Communication Technology literacy.

Desirable

oMinimum NVQ level 4.
oFluent Polish speaker
oProfessional Qualification e.g. Nursing, Social Work or Counselling.
oSubstance Misuse Training.
oTraining in Motivational Interviewing or other psychosocial interventions.

Experience

Essential

oExperience of working in Health or Social Care as a key worker.
oExperience of working within a multi disciplinary team.
oExperience of managing a full caseload.
oExperience of providingevidencebased interventions
oExperience of Recovery Focused interventions.
oExperience of using Information and Communication Technology to deliver clinical practice.

Desirable

oExperience of working with drug and alcohol users.

Skills & Abilities, and Values

Essential

oAbility to apply recovery values and principles in day to day work.
oAbility to empower service users to draw from their strengths and assets, and identify solutions.
oSkills in assessing needs and setting goals.
oSkills in planning, implementing and evaluating care.
oAbility to manage a caseload.
oEffective communication skills, verbal and written.
oAbility to respond flexibly to the demands of the service.
oAbility to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with service users, colleagues and other agencies.
oHave a positive attitude to learning and personal development.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

oKnowledge of addiction theories and evidence based interventions in substance misuse.
oUnderstanding and commitment to the values and principles of Recovery.
oUnderstanding of statutory responsibilities e.g. Safeguarding Children.
oUnderstanding and commitment to delivering Key Performance Indicators.
oUnderstanding and commitment to delivering quality care in line with national monitoring eg CQC
oUnderstanding and commitment to Equality and Diversity.

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

Essential

oEnglish and Maths at minimum GCSE or higher.
oInformation and Communication Technology literacy.

Desirable

oMinimum NVQ level 4.
oFluent Polish speaker
oProfessional Qualification e.g. Nursing, Social Work or Counselling.
oSubstance Misuse Training.
oTraining in Motivational Interviewing or other psychosocial interventions.

Experience

Essential

oExperience of working in Health or Social Care as a key worker.
oExperience of working within a multi disciplinary team.
oExperience of managing a full caseload.
oExperience of providingevidencebased interventions
oExperience of Recovery Focused interventions.
oExperience of using Information and Communication Technology to deliver clinical practice.

Desirable

oExperience of working with drug and alcohol users.

Skills & Abilities, and Values

Essential

oAbility to apply recovery values and principles in day to day work.
oAbility to empower service users to draw from their strengths and assets, and identify solutions.
oSkills in assessing needs and setting goals.
oSkills in planning, implementing and evaluating care.
oAbility to manage a caseload.
oEffective communication skills, verbal and written.
oAbility to respond flexibly to the demands of the service.
oAbility to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with service users, colleagues and other agencies.
oHave a positive attitude to learning and personal development.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

oKnowledge of addiction theories and evidence based interventions in substance misuse.
oUnderstanding and commitment to the values and principles of Recovery.
oUnderstanding of statutory responsibilities e.g. Safeguarding Children.
oUnderstanding and commitment to delivering Key Performance Indicators.
oUnderstanding and commitment to delivering quality care in line with national monitoring eg CQC
oUnderstanding and commitment to Equality and Diversity.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information