Recovery Worker - Scunthorpe, United Kingdom - We Are With You

We Are With You

Verified Company

Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Our team in Scunthorpe are recruiting for an empathetic and effective Recovery Worker, to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse service user group.

If you are passionate about changing people's lives for the better, we'd love to hear from you.

You will develop and deliver a range of recovery programmes and activities across the service and support the programme participants through improving access to appropriate services.

As part of your role, you will research, design, develop and deliver a range of recovery based programmes and activities including:
RADAR, WISC and Darlington wide recovery support, working in partnership with colleagues, recovery champions and volunteers.

An important aspect of this role will be working collectively towards the achievement of recovery goals for each individual service user, promoting all recovery programmes and activities to services users, internal colleagues and external partners and assessing service users suitability for recovery programmes and activities.

You will be a compassionate and motivated individual, with the ability to connect quickly with the people we support, treating them respectfully and with dignity.

You should hold OCN/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent or be willing to achieve this within 12 months of joining us.

We're looking for substantial experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, along with a successful track record of working with substance misuse service users.

You will be highly organised, with excellent communication skills and able to manage your time effectively.

It is important that you have sound knowledge of current health and social care issues, with particular understanding of:

Group working
Assessment, care planning and key working
Issues affecting substance misusers
Rehabilitation
Solution focused Brief Therapy and/or motivational interviewing

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 staff.

A full job description and person specification is available on request.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Evidence of continuous professional development
OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this

within 12 months

Demonstrable experience of working in the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting
Successful track record of working with substance misuse service users
Knowledge and understanding of health and safety, including assessing highrisk situations for service users
Ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
Ability to work effectively as a team player
Resilient; ability to prioritise and work under pressure
Good written and oral communication skills
IT skills, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and

digital media

Organised and excellent time management skills
Knowledge and understanding of:
Group working
Assessment, care planning and key working
Issues affecting substance misusers
Rehabilitation
Solution focused
Flexibility with working times
Able to visit other locations from time to time in order to deliver the services required
Commitment to support our values.

ABOUT THE 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.