Recovery Worker

Job overview

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn.

**FIXED TERM - 3 MONTHS COVER**

Are you:

• passionate about providing high quality care and support?

• skilled/experienced in providing evidence based psychological/psychosocial interventions geared towards supporting people to make positive changes and work towards recovery?

• highly motivated with the ability to support and inspire?

• able to apply your skills/interventions to the care of people with mild to moderate substance misuse needs.

Then come and join our team in the Isle of Wight as a Recovery Worker!

Main duties of the job

As a recovery worker, you will:

• Provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions to those people experiencing substance misuse problems.

• Work in a community environment delivering a high quality drug and alcohol recovery service in response to need.

• Provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting people to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.

• Work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met.

• Provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho-social interventions) to people located within the community environment.