Our client, based in Coventry, is currently recruiting for a Recovery Worker on a 12-week temporary contract.

The position is due to start immediately on a part time basis. The hourly rate being offered is £17.50 per hour via an Umbrella Company.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with vulnerable service users with a range of complex needs, including substance misuse and hold an Enhanced DBS taken out within the last year

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Carry out triage assessments with clients experiencing problematic alcohol and/ or substance misuse issues

• Triage assessment and onward referral to a range of treatment/ community support agencies

• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral

• Maintaining and monitoring the referral spreadsheet to ensure that clients are given the appropriate appointment as quickly as possible

• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community

• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

• Liaise with external agencies such as health services, hospitals and GP

• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services

Experience required:

• Experience required working with those with complex needs including substance misuse

• An excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field

• Experience of working in an outcomes-focused environment

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

• Time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative

• Ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies

• Knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice

Working hours:

• 22.50 hours per week

• Between the hours of 9am till 5pm Monday – Friday

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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