Job Summary
The Substance Misuse Recovery Worker (Band 5) role is based within Enable's Enfield service and focuses on delivering holistic, strength‑based support to people experiencing homelessness and multiple disadvantage who are affected by drug and alcohol use. The postholder manages a caseload of individuals with complex needs, providing assessment, care planning, harm reduction interventions, and coordinated recovery support across community and outreach settings. The role involves close multidisciplinary working and partnership engagement with health, housing, criminal justice, and voluntary sector agencies to promote engagement, reduce risk, and improve outcomes. Practice is underpinned by trauma‑informed, non‑judgemental approaches, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding, harm reduction (including OST, needle exchange and naloxone), and supporting service users towards improved health, stability, and independence.
Responsibilities
* Work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team, actively participating in team meetings, group supervision, and clinical team meetings.
* Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, completing comprehensive assessments, risk management and treatment plans, as well as co‑produced care plans with service users.
* Work with service users who are in opioid substitute treatment, including testing for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
* Adhere to local safeguarding protocols to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, including completion of safeguarding assessment tools, referrals to social services and producing reports.
* Work effectively with partner agencies and other professionals to ensure a joined‑up approach to treatment and care planning.
* Be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service, including facilitating late evening work and contributing to the duty rota.
This is not an exhaustive list; please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Essential: NVQ Health and Social Care.
* Desirable: Drug and alcohol related qualification.
Experience and Knowledge
* Essential: Recent and relevant experience of working with those affected by drug and alcohol use and homelessness; demonstrated relevant knowledge gained in previous employment or elsewhere.
* Desirable: Experience in carrying out dry blood spot testing.
Skills and Abilities
* Essential: Understanding of the physical, psychological and social needs of those affected by drug and alcohol use and homelessness; good working knowledge of the specific health risks exposed to; understanding of harm minimisation principles and commitment to the harm reduction model; understanding of safeguarding procedures for children and vulnerable adults.
Personal Qualities
* Essential: Team working, interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication, positive "can do" attitude and openness to change.
Additional Information
* Certification of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Further information is available on the Trust website.
* Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required. Skilled worker applicants must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continually or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.
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