Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

Drug and Alcohol Practitioner - Active Recovery Team (Opiates)

Location: Leeds, LS2 7DJ

Salary: £24,020 - £30,790 per annum

Our client is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. They provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. They are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining their teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in their service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.

The Role

They are excited to offer opportunities for Drug and Alcohol Recovery Coordinators to join their Forward Leeds team. This is a dynamic and rewarding role where you will:

• Manage a caseload by creating, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
• Facilitate and promote the progression of individuals from initial engagement into structured treatment.
• Support clients in various different treatment stages, from initial assessment to exiting treatment, accessing sustained recovery and aftercare.
• Contribute to reducing substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
• Collaborate closely with key partners and colleagues across the street to support partnerships to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.

You will be required to work one late shift per week some Wednesdays until 7pm with 2 hours toil taken back within the same week.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Enhanced occupational sick pay
• Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
• Death in service benefit
• Free Will writing
• Eyecare vouchers
• Blue light card discount
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
• Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
• Happy, Healthy You! - their wellbeing offers for their workforce
• Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks

To Apply

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