As a Recovery Worker with CrossReach, youll support adults as they work towards recovery from substance use. Youll play a vital role in helping people build confidence, stability and hope for the future. Your work will make a real and lasting difference in peoples lives.
What Your Day Could Involve
Providing one:to:one and group support to help people achieve their recovery goals Developing personalised recovery plans focused on each persons strengths and aspirations Using therapeutic interventions, harm reduction strategies and relapse prevention tools Working closely with families, carers and partner agencies to ensure joined:up care Maintaining accurate records and contributing to the ongoing development of the service Offering flexible support, including some evenings and weekends when required
About You
Youre compassionate, resilient and understanding. You bring empathy and patience to your work and believe in peoples capacity to change. You communicate clearly, build trust and treat everyone with respect and dignity.
Experience of supporting people affected by substance use, or working in a similar care setting, is essential. Ideally, youll hold an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, or be willing to work towards it with our support. What matters most is your positive attitude, your values and your commitment to supporting recovery.
What Youll Gain
Training and development to support your professional growth A supportive and reflective team environment A role where your work truly changes lives for the better
How
We welcome applications from people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences.
If you need any support with your application or adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Click Apply to start your journey with CrossReach today.
We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support others.
Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through our rewards scheme and the Blue Light Discount card. We also ensure that your future and that of your loved ones is secured with a generous contributory pension plan and death in service benefit. Balancing work and family are made easier with our suite of enhanced family friendly policies and your health and wellness are prioritised with access to our health cash plan, giving you cash back for a wide range of health treatments. We even have access to a care concierge service to assist you with lifes challenges, providing invaluable support when you need it most.
But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and as well as a contribution to your professional membership fees, we are keen to support you in making the right steps to learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.
CrossReach has been at the forefront of high quality social care for over 150 years, providing loving care to people of all ages and supporting them to live life to the full whatever their circumstances. During that time, we have worked hard to understand the needs of the people who turn to us for help and with them have been at the forefront of pioneering services which have literally changed thousands of lives for the better.
Today we are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, with experience across a broad range of services. We are still growing, learning, and improving, thanks to the incredible people we have the privilege to support, and all those who support us. We are part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christs name to further the caring work of the Church to people in challenging circumstances.
As we do our work in Christs name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it.
This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necess