Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Detailed job description and main responsibilities attached.

Fore more information or to speak to a member of the Team, please see Hiring manager details.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Good literacy and numeracy.
• English and Maths at minimum GCSE or higher.
• Information and Communication Technology literacy.

Experience

Essential

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

Skills

Essential

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

Knowledge

Essential

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

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

P2R Bedford

21 The Crescent

Bedford

MK40 2RT

Employer's website

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