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

We Are With You

Verified Company

Richmond, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

If you have a compassionate nature and a genuine desire to help others, you could be just what we're looking for.

As a Recovery Worker you will be providing support and advice to people who are experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse.

You will have your own caseload, working as part of our team and alongside other social care services to identify how we can help.

You will develop plans with your clients to help them get their lives back to where they want them to be.

We are determined and always professional in our approach to each and every case and we never judge, we're just here to help.

There will be assessments to carry out and records you need to keep and update, that's all part of our professional commitment and service to our clients and commissioners.

We are currently recruiting for: 3 Full-Time Recovery Workers with experience of working within a criminal justice setting.

The right person should be a self-starter, enthusiastic, motivated, caring and creative ideally with experience of working in a substance misuse environment.

You will be working within a highly skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team who will support you in your development and your ability to deliver the best care you can to our service users.

We're looking for someone who is also able to maintain a network of local partner agencies to support and contribute to service user recovery capital and engagement.

This is an exciting time to join the Richmond Community Drug and Alcohol Service (RCDAS), working for We Are With You alongside our consortium partners; SLaM NHS Trust, St Mungo's and CDARS.

We are recruiting for a Recovery Worker based at our Twickenham service. RCDAS provides an excellent and first class range of drug and alcohol treatment options to residents of Richmond.

Our services are busy and dynamic, with a strong recovery focus. We currently operate in our main site in Twickenham and we have various satellites throughout the boroughs.

The service is located close to the high street and local amenities, and less than a ten minute walk from Twickenham Rail station.

About this job
You will work as part of a team with the aims of:

understanding your clients

- keeping them safe
- creating a plan they can achieve with your support
- checking in with them and reviewing their progress
- keeping accurate and timely records of your contact with them
- working effectively with other social care providers e.g. Housing, to cover all aspects of their successful recovery
- continuously learning and reflecting to improve the outcomes for your clients
- supporting your colleagues across the service to deliver excellent care

REQUIRED SKILLS:

To be successful in this role, you will:

have attained ONC/NVQ level 3 or be willing to achieve this within 12 months

- have some experience of working in a health, social care or related setting
- have the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with clients and colleagues alike
- be able to work effectively in a team, supporting others when needed
- be resilient under pressure and able to prioritise you work
- have good oral and written communication skills
- be comfortable using IT and digital media
- be organised and able to manage your time effectively
- able to be flexible with your working hours on occasion
- be happy to support other With You locations when needed

You will also need to meet our safeguarding requirements of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

- have previous experience of working with people who misuse substances
- knowledge of health and safety, including assessing client in high-risk situations

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.