Substance Misuse Groupworker
| Posting date: | 08 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,531.00 to £27,603.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24531.00 - £27603.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Location: | Doncaster, DN1 2EZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0261-25-0020 |
Summary
To support service users in gaining understanding and insight into their own recovery by evidenced based one to one and group work. Principal accountabilities Conduct initial and ongoing risk/need assessments and implement risk management/care plans in line with policies and procedures. To provide group facilitation across the service on a daily basis. To support to the effective operation of group work, reviewing and improving them where required, and arranging external agencies to conduct sessions. Undertake diary management, using own diary and the shared team outlook diary. To liaise with a range of professionals verbally and written to inform of service users progress where required. To induct service users onto the groups and use appropriate paperwork. To contribute to the maintenance of effective communications across the service by receiving and giving accurate messages/information to all levels of staff, service users and other professionals who make contact with the team. Maintain the security and confidentiality of information, ensuring that such information is handled with discretion and maintained securely in the appropriate systems. To keep up to date case notes, in line with policy, ensuring all interactions regarding service users are documented. To provide advice and information to service users about the range of services on offer both within the statutory and non-statutory sector and assist service users in accessing these. To provide one to one support sessions for service users participating in group work Undertake data collection, inputting and data transfer as required. To deliver support activities and interventions alongside peers and volunteers To assist in the delivery of peer mentor training across the service where appropriate Deliver training to peer mentors and volunteers. To work in collaboration with other internal and external partners, to offer a range of support to service users. Group worker (L2) Page 3 of 8 Undertake screening for Drug and Alcohol use To contribute fully to meetings, in particular feeding back on service users progress. To communicate concerns regarding service users children and safeguarding concerns To report as soon as practicable any incidents, complaints or grievances Positively promote the service Full details available via ADS vacancy website: https://ads-uk.org/work-for-us/