Senior Recovery Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

• deliver personalised and evidence based interventions in one-to-one and group settings, and will optimise their interventions to achieve the best possible outcomes

be a first level manager and will provide effective supervision and leadership to staff

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Training in Motivational Interviewing or other psychosocial interventions.
• Information and Communication Technology literacy
• English and Maths at minimum GCSE or higher

Desirable

• Professional Qualification, e.g. Nursing, Social Work, Counselling.
• Mentorship for Professional Practice.
• Substance Misuse Qualification to minimum NVQ level 4
• Coaching training.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in Health or Social Care as a key worker.
• Experience of providing evidence based interventions to drug and alcohol users.
• Experience of using Information and Communication Technology to support clinical practice.

Desirable

• Experience of managing, supervising and providing leadership to staff.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to apply recovery values and principles in day to day work.
• Ability to connect, motivate and empower service users to achieve aspirational and recovery focused outcomes.
• Ability to provide performance management.
• Skills in planning, implementing and evaluating care.
• Ability to deliver evidence based interventions in substance misuse.
• Have a positive attitude to learning and personal development

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of the impact of problem drug and alcohol use.
• Knowledge of addiction theories and evidence based interventions in substance misuse.
• Understanding of statutory responsibilities. E.g. safeguarding children.
• Understanding 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).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

SS Bedford and CB STS

The Crescent

Bedford

MK40 2RU

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)