Non Opiate Recovery Worker
| Posting date: | 13 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 March 2026 |
| Location: | Tottenham, N17 6RA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9455-26-0089 |
Summary
1. To carry outinitialscreening and triage assessment for new clients, and to follow up immediate risk/needs appropriately. 2. Caseload management of non -opiate clients including care planning , key working based on relapse prevention and MI intervention , risk management including client centred work. 3. To carry out in-depth assessments, including Strength-based assessment for Recovery Capital. 4. To provide crisis intervention and duty services on a rota basis, for clients whose Keyworker is not available. 5. Toprovideharm reduction advice,informationand support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, HepatitisA, Band C and other blood borne infections. 6. To carry out Dry Blood Spot testing for clients at risk from Hepatitis C, and todiscuss and support service user withpossible outcomesboth before and after testing. 7. To work closely with the nursing team and refer clients who test positive for BBVs. 8. To manage a caseload,thismay include service users with complex needs. 9. In consultation with service usersand multi-disciplinary team, todevelop flexible and realisticstrengths-based recoveryplans. 10. In consultation with multi-disciplinary team, to review care plans at agreed intervals, with the focus on service user input and participation, according toservicepolicy. 11. To provide one to oneKey workingwith service users, ensuring thatstrength-basedassessment andcare and recovery planning is conducted on an individual basis according to the specific needs of the service user. 12. To employ a range of interventions with service users, including ITEP, Motivational Interviewing, Level 1CBT-based brief solution focused therapy. 13. To be fully familiar with treatment tools, includingany tools thatmeasure thecycle of change and the phasing and layering of treatment, to use inKey workingsessions and in supervision, and to be able to provide training on such tools. 14. To provide information about, signpost to andfacilitateaccess to Recovery-focussed activities such as Mutual Aid, Peer Support, ETE, etc. 15. To support prescribers with substitute prescribing for service users.This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmaciesregardingdispensing and supervised consumption, GPliaisonand producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber. 16. To work with other team members to plan,facilitateand evaluate a comprehensive group work programme, including relapse prevention, harm reduction, SMART Recovery, Open Groups.