Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Substance Misuse Recovery Worker focuses on conducting comprehensive assessments to identify service users' needs, strengths, and goals.

What the role involves

• Conducting comprehensive assessments to identify service users' needs, strengths, and goals.
• Developing and implementing person-centred recovery plans.
• Providing one-to-one and group-based therapeutic interventions.
• Supporting harm reduction strategies, including safe use education and relapse prevention techniques.
• Facilitating access to healthcare, housing, employment, and community resources.
• Collaborating with mental health services, social workers, medical professionals, and other agencies.

Skills and requirements

• Proven experience in substance misuse, mental health, or related recovery work.
• Knowledge of therapeutic techniques (e.g., CBT, Motivational Interviewing).
• Understanding of safeguarding policies and practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Candidate fit

• Deliver interventions, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive outcomes for service users.