About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting people affected by substance misuse and helping them take the first steps towards recovery? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
The Open Access and Assessment (OAT) Team plays a vital role in supporting individuals entering treatment services. We provide advice, brief interventions, structured key working, comprehensive assessments, and a needle exchange service, helping people access the right support at the right time.
Main duties of the job
Undertake comprehensive assessments in order to assess the eligibility and suitability, strengths and needs of a service user in relation to the service.
To devise, monitor, review and update recovery care plans within the service to ensure that service users needs are met in a timely and appropriate manner.
Deliver care packages including, where appropriate, psychosocial and psychological interventions
About us
For more than 40 years, Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS), a registered charity, has been transforming lives and supporting individuals, families, and communities affected by drug and alcohol use.
Aspire is a long-standing partnership between ADS and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), bringing together the clinical expertise of NHS services under consultant leadership with the specialist knowledge and community-focused approach of the voluntary sector. For over 20 years, this successful collaboration has delivered high-quality drug and alcohol services across local communities.
As a forward-thinking and innovative service, Aspire works closely with recovery communities to provide flexible, responsive, and person-centred support that helps individuals achieve positive and lasting outcomes. This is an exciting time to join the substance misuse sector, with significant investment, innovation, and opportunities for professional growth and career development.
Job description Job responsibilities
To demonstrate expert and effective practice around substance misuse treatment. Provide advice and brief interventions, some structured key working, assessments and a needle exchange service.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
We are looking for motivated and compassionate individuals who have experience working within the substance misuse sector and hold a relevant qualification, such as: A degree in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, or a related field, or Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) Level 3 Tackling Substance Misuse qualification (or equivalent) We proudly support newly qualified Social Workers through the ASYE programme.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name The Alcohol & Drug Service
Address Aspire Drug & Alcohol Service
Sinclair House
29 - 31 Thorne Road
Doncaster
DN1 2EZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://ads-uk.org/ (Opens in a new tab)