Overview
Join to apply for the Recovery Worker role at Change Grow Live. If you want to work for a caring organisation and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. You will work with people who use our services, helping them reach their goals. Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold.
Location: York
Hours: 37.5 per week (Full Time) | Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (pro rata for part time)
Responsibilities
* Supporting service users from entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
* Providing screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral
* Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
* Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
* Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
* Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling meaningful and purposeful lives promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
* Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups/pods
* Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
* Engage in debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods, reviewing progress and concerns
* Tailor workshops around the needs of service users (e.g., anger management, sleep disorders, relationships)
About you
* Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience in a similar field
* Experience with groups/pods and managing group dynamics
* Excellent verbal and written communication, with good IT skills
* Proactive with good time management and the ability to work on own initiative
* Knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice
* Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills; ability to work with professionals, agencies and stakeholders
* Ability to manage change prioritising the needs of service users
* Commitment to information governance and safeguarding
* Willingness to learn and contribute to the learning and development of others
What we will give to you
* 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year’s service (capped at 30 days)
* Wellness hour each week, wellness hub and Employee Assistance Programme
* Contributory pension scheme
* Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
* Friendly and supportive team
* Training, career development & progression opportunities
* Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme
Legal and application details
Please ensure that when completing your application, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description to demonstrate alignment with the role requirements.
Note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications; please apply promptly.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Administrative
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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