Recovery Worker

Job Overview

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic candidate for the role of Recovery Worker.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of services in assisting service users to maintain their recovery. This post will support service users in gaining understanding and insight into their own recovery, maximising engagement and retention and will act as a role model for recovery.

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, holding a caseload of complex substance misusing clients in line with a recovery focused model, utilising 121 and group work sessions as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

• Proactively encourage users to access and signpost to appropriate services which may include housing provision, social support services; to promote and facilitate the harm reduction model of treatment provision in all aspects of work, to enable alcohol/substance users to adopt safer practices, healthier lifestyles and wellbeing.
• Providing advice and information to service users about the range of services on offer both within the statutory and non-statutory sector and assist service users in accessing these.
  
  

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Level 3 healthcare qualification, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of the recovery movement
• Knowledge of substances and their effects
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of multi-disciplinary working
  
  

Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates knowledge of the role of Recovery worker in this service within the application
• Experience of caring for someone with a long term condition or at end of life
• Basic understanding of a range of common long term health conditions.
• Understand concepts of encouraging independence
• Understands own boundaries and knows when to report to senior staff
• Understanding of confidentiality
• Experience of team working
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a Community Nursing setting
• Experience of using SystmOne
  
  

Skills And Competencies

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills with patients/colleagues/carers
• Able to work flexible hours to meet service needs.
• Sufficient IT skills to learn the systems required for clinical recording, incident reporting and equipment / stock ordering
• Good organisational skills
• Time management and prioritisation skills
• Able to work alone and as part of a team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Clinical skills e.g. phlebotomy, wound care, diabetes care, taking vital observations
• Familiar with lone working
• Willingness to undertake COSHH training relevant to role
  
  

Applicant Requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.