Non Opiate Recovery Worker: Sponsorship Available

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The post holder would be working as a member of a Multidisciplinary Team in The Grove Drug Substance Misuse Service in Haringey with a focus on supporting people into treatment and improving substance misuse and health outcomes. To work as a member of a Multidisciplinary specialist drug team, providing information, advice, assessment, caseload management, recovery and harm reduction services to service users

Main duties of the job

1. To carry out initial screening and triage assessment for new clients, and to follow up immediate risk/needs appropriately.

2. Caseload management of non -opiate clients including care planning , key working based on relapse prevention and MI intervention , risk management including client centred work.

3. To carry out in-depth assessments, including Strength-based assessment for Recovery Capital.

4. To provide crisis intervention and duty services on a rota basis, for clients whose Keyworker is not available.

5. To provide harm reduction advice,information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, HepatitisA, Band C and other blood borne infections.

6. To carry out Dry Blood Spot testing for clients at risk from Hepatitis C, and to discuss and support service user with possible outcomes both before and after testing.

7. To work closely with the nursing team and refer clients who test positive for BBVs.

8. To manage a caseload,this may include service users with complex needs.

9. In consultation with service users and multi-disciplinary team, to develop flexible and realistic strengths-based recovery plans.

16. To work with other team members to plan,facilitate and evaluate a comprehensive group work programme, including relapse prevention, harm reduction, SMART Recovery, Open Groups.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Desirable

  • Working in the substance misuse field

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Relevant qualification in the field of substance misuse or social care
  • Min requirement NVQ level 3

Desirable

  • Degree or counsellor

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Good communication skills and IT skills

Desirable

  • Good communication skills and IT skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 01 March 2026

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