About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative and developing team, based in Hull. The Trainee Recovery Worker role will support you to develop the skills and knowledge to support service users with diverse and complex needs and their families with issues relating to substance use including alcohol.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will learn to undertake an assessment of need from a person centred and strength-based perspective. You will develop a good understanding of recovery and gain a value base that stems from a strongly held working belief in individuals ability to change and live in recovery along with a desire to ensure each service user has access to the information and 'tools' needed to live a fulfilling life in recovery.
About us
The Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS) are a registered charity who have been transforming the lives of people affected by problematic drugs and alcohol use for over 40 years.Hull Primary Care Addictions Service (Hull PCAS) work in partnership with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The service covers GP surgeries across Hull, providing support to long term service users to make improvements in their health and well being by offering early interventions.
Job description Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will during the traineeship undertake an academic qualification and produce a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate the competencies required of the role of Recovery Worker.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
Experience Essential
Relevant experience in the substance misuse field.
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 Humber Mental Health
7 Baker Street
HULL
HU2 8HP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://ads-uk.org/ (Opens in a new tab)