Assessment and Engagement Worker inLeek inLeek PUBLISHED 25 NOV 2024

Band 4: £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

Inclusion

Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community.


Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assessment & Engagement Worker to work with service users and multi-agency team members in an essential liaison role.

This full time, permanent position will focus on drawing in local community assets to support the delivery of recovery focussed outcomes, promoting and creating opportunities in visible recovery, harm reduction and brief interventions in the hub reception areas.

  • Work as an integral part of the service in delivering high quality interventions within the hub.
  • Work with and support the Inclusion multi-disciplinary team
  • Facilitate harm reduction interventions
  • Supporting service users who are attending the reception area of the service.
  • Contributing to service users working collaboratively to build their recovery capital and ensuring positive recovery outcomes.
  • Ensuring service users have scheduled appointments and remove barriers to attendance.
  • Supervising recovery supporter volunteers.
  • Promoting visible recovery in the hub, especially in reception areas.
  • Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
  • Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
  • Ensuring the reception environment is welcoming and accessible.

About us

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details. A summary is provided below:

  • To manage the reception area of the hub to ensure effective brief interventions are facilitated by staff and Recovery Supporter Volunteers.
  • To work with service users in attendance and manage day today issues which arise in the reception area.
  • To take the lead in managing complex behaviours in the reception and surrounding areas.
  • To signpost to local services and empower service users to build their community networks and recovery capital.
  • To promote visible and contagious recovery in the reception areas of the hub.
  • To ensure that the reception team work effectively in relation to Inclusion policies and procedures.


Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assessment & Engagement Worker to work with service users and multi-agency team members in an essential liaison role.

This full time, permanent position will focus on drawing in local community assets to support the delivery of recovery focussed outcomes, promoting and creating opportunities in visible recovery, harm reduction and brief interventions in the hub reception areas.

  • Work as an integral part of the service in delivering high quality interventions within the hub.
  • Work with and support the Inclusion multi-disciplinary team
  • Facilitate harm reduction interventions
  • Supporting service users who are attending the reception area of the service.
  • Contributing to service users working collaboratively to build their recovery capital and ensuring positive recovery outcomes.
  • Ensuring service users have scheduled appointments and remove barriers to attendance.
  • Supervising recovery supporter volunteers.
  • Promoting visible recovery in the hub, especially in reception areas.
  • Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
  • Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
  • Ensuring the reception environment is welcoming and accessible.

About us

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details. A summary is provided below:

  • To manage the reception area of the hub to ensure effective brief interventions are facilitated by staff and Recovery Supporter Volunteers.
  • To work with service users in attendance and manage day today issues which arise in the reception area.
  • To take the lead in managing complex behaviours in the reception and surrounding areas.
  • To signpost to local services and empower service users to build their community networks and recovery capital.
  • To promote visible and contagious recovery in the reception areas of the hub.
  • To ensure that the reception team work effectively in relation to Inclusion policies and procedures.



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