Assessment and Engagement Worker / Recovery Coordinator

Job summary

Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assessment & Engagement Worker to work with service users and multi-agency team members in an essential liaison role.

This full time, permanent position will focus on drawing in local community assets to support the delivery of recovery focussed outcomes, promoting and creating opportunities in visible recovery, harm reduction and brief interventions in the hub reception areas.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of drug & alcohol treatment to Service Users within the locality.
• Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to those individuals.
• Supporting service users through their treatment journey from beginning to end
• Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your work
• Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
• Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation.
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Facilitate harm reduction interventions
• Supporting service users who are attending the reception area of the service.
• Support individuals in accessing services conducting screenings and assessments

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!