Recovery Worker - Duty Worker

To provide front line support to individuals managing unplanned presentations and responding to urgent client need. Offering brief interventions, ensuring risk is safely managed, and supporting clients to access appropriate treatment pathways. Service Users who access CDAS are provided with coordinated interventions and activities to empower them with their recovery including clinical treatment and wider health and social care support. Service Users who are assessed as high risk and whose engagement can fluctuate, are managed by working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Service Users and Community health, wellbeing and recovery is promoted by working in a strength-based, outcome focussed approach. Family members and carers are engaged and receive support

• Fully inform Service Users of their recovery options and involve them in decision and consent to motivate them to take opportunities to achieve sustained recovery
• Undertake accurate and comprehensive assessments of need, identifying levels of risk and implementing ways of managing risks with clients
• Co
  -produce, monitor and review Service Users goals plans and motivate them to complete realistic actions to achieve long term recovery goals
• Deliver activities and interventions which may be alongside peers and volunteer, in SCDAS premises, partnership premises, community outreach locations and client accommodation
• Identify and facilitate access to community resources to support recovery within the community.
• Build and develop service user's personal strengths, social networks and recovery capital
• Work closely with the Clinical Team and where appropriate, prepare for detoxification by delivering wrap around support and providing an aftercare plan and relapse prevention.
• Effectively and proactively signpost Service Users into a range of health and social care services that support their recovery.
• Electronically record comprehensive and accurate documentation and case-notes to a high standard and within required time frames
• Work collaboratively and proactively with other members of staff, volunteers and mentors to ensure that services are fully coordinated and are working collectively towards the achievement of recovery goals and positive outcomes for each individual Service User.
• Support information sharing and shared processes between the wider Stoke-on-Trent Community Drug and Alcohol Team to affect a safe, seamless and successful recovery journey