Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Alcohol Recovery Worker
- Grade
- 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Occasional weekend and evening working)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-IT-25-7403550
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 41 High St
- Town
- Eastleigh
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Alcohol Recovery Worker
5
Job overview
Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to join our Specialist Alcohol Service within Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, supporting people who use alcohol in making positive changes to their alcohol use.
In this role, you will utilise all of your expertise in providing a high quality service and care to your own caseload of service users, this includes being responsible for offering a range of interventions, care planning, assessments and supporting service users through their treatment journey and recovery ambitions – from beginning to end. The role will also involve outreach work in the local community and in-reach to those in hospital.
Working as part of our dedicated and multi-disciplinary team and alongside our prescribers, you will offer health support via testing clinics for blood borne viruses (BBVs), embracing the concept of recovery and keeping up-to-date and accurate records and documentation.
The vacancy lends itself to experienced applicants, who have robust knowledge of alcohol (and the risks associated with alcohol and other substances) and its effects both physically and mentally.
The role is based across Hampshire for Inclusion Hampshire’s Specialist Alcohol Service. You will be an integral part of a team, making a real difference to people’s lives and the wider communities in which we serve.
Main duties of the job
Full-time Specialist Alcohol Recovery Worker (working 37.5 hours per week) working across Hampshire (base can be discussed at interview) on a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months.
Provision of primarily alcohol treatment to Service Users within the locality.
Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to those individuals.
Supporting service users through their treatment journey from beginning to end
Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your clinical work
Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation.
Where required, supporting the wider team with duty or caseload management.
Active Risk assessing and risk management.
Working for our organisation
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:
- Delivery of harm minimisation interventions and advice
- facilitating safe reduction plans
- liaison with health care professionals
- conducting home visits
- supporting referrals to inpatient units or facilitating home detoxes
- creating holistic care plans, identify and manage risks accordingly.
- Caseload management
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited Drug and Alcohol Practitioner, or a willingness to work towards accreditation during employment with Inclusion
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with alcohol users .
- A commitment to and understanding of harm reduction & recovery approaches to working with Alcohol users who may also use other substances
Desirable criteria
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use
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
- Stephanie Smith Goodenough
- Job title
- Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03001240103
- 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 Stephanie 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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