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Drug and Alcohol Outreach Worker
| Posting date: | 11 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,020 to £30,790 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2025 |
| Location: | 7 North Park Road, Harrogate, HG1 5PD |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Humankind |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VN4862 |
Summary
Drug and Alcohol Outreach Worker
Working hours: 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday with a late night on a Monday until 8pm which will be worked on a rota basis.
Location: Base location is 7 North Park Road, Harrogate, HG1 5PD
About the Service...
North Yorkshire Horizons is a service made up of several key partners led by Waythrough, enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community. Providing a safe environment in which people can develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, successfully re-integrate into society, and become active, contributing citizens.
About the role...
We have two exciting opportunities to join our North Yorkshire Horizon service in Harrogate, which offers individualised support packages for people who are experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use.
Key duties for both roles will include:
Working proactively to engage with individuals experiencing a range of different complexities and vulnerabilities, delivering a variety of harm reduction interventions on an outreach basis, and working towards supporting a small caseload of these cases towards engaging with wider treatment provision and support.
Deliver effective harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange, Blood Borne Virus interventions and advice around injecting related issues.
Promote harm reduction, public health initiatives, messages and campaigns.
Work with multi-agency partners to reduce the harms and comorbidities multiple disadvantage can bring
We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our team of passionate individuals you will be contributing to make this happen.
About you...
Previous experience of working within the substance misuse sector.
Knowledge of completing service user assessments including comprehensive and risk assessments.
An NVQ or equivalent in Health and Social Care is desirable.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
To view the full job description and person specification, please click here.
Please be advised, if you are viewing this role on Indeed, the link to the job description will not work. Please click the 'Apply via Company Website' button to be redirected to our careers page, where you will be able to view the job description in full.
The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.
Who are we…
Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site https://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers.
What can Waythrough offer you…
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
✍️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
♀️ Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks
Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk
Working hours: 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday with a late night on a Monday until 8pm which will be worked on a rota basis.
Location: Base location is 7 North Park Road, Harrogate, HG1 5PD
About the Service...
North Yorkshire Horizons is a service made up of several key partners led by Waythrough, enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community. Providing a safe environment in which people can develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, successfully re-integrate into society, and become active, contributing citizens.
About the role...
We have two exciting opportunities to join our North Yorkshire Horizon service in Harrogate, which offers individualised support packages for people who are experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use.
Key duties for both roles will include:
Working proactively to engage with individuals experiencing a range of different complexities and vulnerabilities, delivering a variety of harm reduction interventions on an outreach basis, and working towards supporting a small caseload of these cases towards engaging with wider treatment provision and support.
Deliver effective harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange, Blood Borne Virus interventions and advice around injecting related issues.
Promote harm reduction, public health initiatives, messages and campaigns.
Work with multi-agency partners to reduce the harms and comorbidities multiple disadvantage can bring
We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our team of passionate individuals you will be contributing to make this happen.
About you...
Previous experience of working within the substance misuse sector.
Knowledge of completing service user assessments including comprehensive and risk assessments.
An NVQ or equivalent in Health and Social Care is desirable.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
To view the full job description and person specification, please click here.
Please be advised, if you are viewing this role on Indeed, the link to the job description will not work. Please click the 'Apply via Company Website' button to be redirected to our careers page, where you will be able to view the job description in full.
The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.
Who are we…
Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site https://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers.
What can Waythrough offer you…
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
✍️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
♀️ Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks
Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk