Job Reference JOB0099
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Salary: £23,821 per annum for full time (between £10,163 and £15,245 Pro rata)
Vacancy Type: Permanent/Part Time
Working Hours: Between 16 and 24 hours per week (to be agreed with the successful candidate)
Application Deadline: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Job Summary
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Recovery Practitioner to join our Via Cheshire West and Chester.
The Role
You'll enjoy working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives – supporting with a variety of individual needs around substance misuse. No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key. You'll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important too.
You will have a lived experience of substance misuse and possess OCNLR Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring or equivalent, or the ability and commitment to complete this within 1 year of employment.
Responsibilities
* Support the recovery team in engaging people who have substance misuse problems, providing them with advice, support and recovery-focused interventions to support their recovery and health care needs.
* Build therapeutic relationships and deliver psycho-social interventions.
* Participate in people’s assessments and develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and re-integrating into the community.
* Learn about service-based recovery communities and how they can support individuals' recovery journeys.
* Understand the work of other team members, such as our clinical team, and develop 'recovery resources' and access peer and mutual support groups.
* Demonstrate an interest in the social care sector, within the field of drugs and alcohol.
* Exhibit excellent team working and interpersonal skills, with a willingness to work with managers, colleagues, and peers to deliver service objectives.
* Commit to seeking learning opportunities to improve and broaden your own professional knowledge.
The Service
Via is a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to the lives of those who use our services, offering peer mentoring support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person as an individual and working with them to find the right support options.
Via is an adult treatment and recovery service which offers a range of pharmacological and psycho-social interventions to the Cheshire West & Chester community who are experiencing issues with drugs and alcohol use.
Location
Ellesmere Port and Northwich, coverage to be agreed with the successful candidate.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Murphy, Service Manager via Jane.Murphy@viaorg.uk.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 6 April at midnight.
We accept applications via this link using our short application form and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application, visit this link. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs; please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.
Appointment to all our posts is subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS, and we follow safer recruiting principles.
Please email people@viaorg.uk if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.
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