Recovery Worker

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

P2R are looking a flexible worker with experience of working in social care preferably with substance misuses.

Main duties of the job

Path to Recovery, Drug and Alcohol Services provides community based drug and alcohol services to Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire

The purpose of the job is to reduce drug and alcohol related harms to individuals, families and communities, and empower service users to achieve a better quality of life and wellbeing and fulfill their personal ambitions for recovery. The post holder will

  • put service users at the centre of everything they do, and consistently deliver a high quality service that promotes and supports recovery in line with Trust vision and processes

  • work to values that include self-determination, empowerment and choice for service users

  • work in partnership with service users and empower them to draw on their individual strengths and assets, and set goals they would like to achieve in all aspects of their lives.

  • deliver personalised and evidence based interventions in one-to-one and group settings, and will optimise their interventions to achieve the best possible outcomes

Person Specification

Worked in social care and with substance misuers

Essential

  • EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Desirable

  • EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Experience of care planning and risk assessment

Essential

  • Experience of care planning and risk assessment

GCSE, Maths and English

Essential

  • evidence of certificate
  • evidence of certificates
  • evidence of certificates

Desirable

  • Evidence of certificates
  • evidence of certificates

Abitlity to be flexible and work within a clinical setting

Essential

  • EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Desirable

  • EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE 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: 2 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.