Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Recovery Worker
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-IT-26-7860493
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- One Recovery Bucks
- Town
- High Wycombe and Aylesbury
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Recovery Worker
NHS AfC: Band 5
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 If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 3 Specialist Recovery Workers to join our teams across Buckinghamshire on a 12 month full-time fixed-term contract!
You will ensure the engagement of hard to reach service users with substance use issues into treatment, completing relevant engagement work, assessments and referring to local services to ensure continuity of care.
Working within a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team, in a community environment delivering a high standard drug and alcohol recovery services in response to the needs of the service users as part of Inclusion and Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work in partnership with key agencies to ensure multi-agency care planning for service users, supporting their individual recovery journeys and those entering treatment remain in treatment.
The successful candidate will deliver a range of psycho-social interventions appropriate to the individual to motivate engagement and promote entering and remaining in treatment, whilst supporting service users to achieve recovery and positive outcomes, improve health & well-being outcomes, reduce re-offending / anti-social behaviour and reduce impact on other services.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details, a summary is below:
- To deliver a strengths-based, recovery orientated and outcome-focussed link service for all service users who are hard to engage into One Recovery Bucks with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice (in accordance with the Blue Light Manual).
- To provide this cohort with practical support, information and guidance on relevant issues i.e. physical and mental health signposting, housing, debt / benefits and education, training and employment (ETE), providing and maintaining accurate records of advice and support given.
- Ensure appropriate and effective risk management plans are in place for each service user, taking into consideration planning around safeguarding including risks of abuse and exploitation.
- To use strengths-based approaches including mapping techniques and relevant paperwork in order to carry out initial screening assessments.
- To carry out further assessments when required that includes strengths-based node-link mapping techniques and recovery planning.
- To work with a range of partnership agencies to co-ordinate planning and support for care in particular, to develop close links with Hospitals (High Intensity Users Groups), GPs, Adult Social Care, Mental Health, RSI/Housing, Probation / CRC, Police and other partnership agencies.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in a comparable setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals and develop links with agencies internal and external
Experience
Essential criteria
- Thorough knowledge of substance use and effects
- Knowledge of risk assessing and producing risk management plans
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lizzi Fairless
- Job title
- Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773 966392
- Additional information
- If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Lizzi as we would love to hear from you.**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.********This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****
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