Recovery Worker - Assessment and Alcohol
| Posting date: | 14 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,687.00 to £31,762.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22687.00 - £31762.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Location: | Rotherham, S60 2EN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0236-24-0117 |
Summary
Please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. This is a fixed term contract, until April 2025. Our team in Rotherham are recruiting for Recovery Workers, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative individual and are passionate about changing people's lives for the better, we'd love to hear from you. We are recruiting for both our Assessment and Alcohol specialisms - if you have a preference, please specify this in your covering letter. Our Recovery Workers work with our service users to help them to determine what their goals, ambitions and passions are, working with them to create the best treatment plan for their needs and to get them back onto the path to recovery. 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. You will manage an active caseload of service users, connecting quickly with the people we support, treating them respectfully and with dignity. You will be a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships. We're looking for demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, ideally with those with substance misuse issues. You will be highly organised, with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively, working as part of a team to ensure a high quality service is maintained. A driving licence is desirable, but not essential, for this role. Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, with a positive and engaging approach to our service users and key stakeholders. We're happy to speak to candidates about flexible working opportunities - this could mean part time hours, or discussing early or late start and finish times. We want to support our candidates to bring their best selves to work - many of our employees work flexibly in different ways, so please get in touch to discuss your individual circumstances. We are unable to guarantee this but do welcome transparency at application stage so that we can explore this with you. 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 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. With You 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. Essential Skills A full job description and person specification is available on request. Desirable Skills About Company Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health. At We Are With You we work with people on their own goals, whether that's staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that's right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online. We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support. We Are With You. IND MP