The Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS) are a registered charity who have been transforming the lives of people affected by problematic drugs and alcohol use for over 40 years.
Hull Primary Care Addictions Service (Hull PCAS) work in partnership with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The service covers GP surgeries across Hull, providing support to long term service users to make improvements in their health and well being by offering early interventions.
It is a very exciting time to be working in the drug and alcohol field, with significant new career developments.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative and developing team, based in Hull. The Trainee Recovery Worker role will support you to develop the skills and knowledge to support service users with diverse and complex needs and their families with issues relating to substance use including alcohol. The successful candidate will learn to undertake an assessment of need from a person centred and strength-based perspective. You will develop a good understanding of recovery and gain a value base that stems from a strongly held working belief in individuals’ ability to change and live in recovery along with a desire to ensure each service user has access to the information and 'tools' needed to live a fulfilling life in recovery.
If you have relevant experience in the substance misuse field and have GCSE English and Maths or equivalent, we would like to hear from you.
The successful candidate will during the Traineeship undertake an academic qualification and produce a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate the competencies required of the role of Recovery Worker.
To arrange an informal discussion with Steve Driver or Bobbii Biglin please contact 01482 336675
NOTE: The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
In return, ADS are offering:
- Salary range during Traineeship £24853 and following successful completion the salary range will be £25267 - £28432.
- Generous annual leave, 29 days annual leave per annum, rising to 31 after 2 years’ service and 34 after 5; plus, Public Holidays
- Attractive Pension Package (6% employer contribution)
- Health Scheme
- Training opportunities in line with the personalised learning and development plan
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Along with joining ADS at a time of exciting and fast-growing change.
Check out all our benefits: https://adsbenefits-uk.org/
Working at ADS is more than a job, it’s an investment of time to make a difference to the lives of people with substance misuse issues and their families.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The ADS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity. We promote the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees and clients.