Substance Misuse Recovery Worker - Community Team
It is an extremely exciting time to be working in the drug and alcohol field with significant new career opportunities being created.
Main Duties of the Job
The community teams are the strong core element of the service that focuses on longer-term case management and improved outcomes for adults with issues around all substances. It has a strong key working and care plan approach and includes supporting specialist prescribed interventions and harm reduction from our prescribing team, focusing on supporting people to lead fulfilling lives within their local communities.
About Us
The Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS) is a registered charity that has been transforming the lives of people affected by drugs and alcohol misuse for over 40 years.
Aspire is a partnership between ADS and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH). It combines the strengths of both NHS provision under the leadership of a consultant with the strengths of the voluntary sector provided by ADS. The partnership has worked together for over 20 years providing Drug and Alcohol Services to our local communities. It is a forward-thinking and innovative partnership that works closely with the recovery communities it serves to provide flexible, responsive services which offer the best possible outcomes for its service users and community.
Job Responsibilities
1. To manage a caseload of low complex service users.
2. To support the running of clinics across the service.
3. To support the delivery of a specialist needle exchange.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 3 Tackling Substance Misuse or equivalent e.g., Diploma in Health and Social Care.
* Relevant experience in a health care setting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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