Drug & Alcohol Worker

Drug & Alcohol Worker
Looking for more than just a job? Look no further as we have an exciting opportunity to join our North Yorkshire Horizons team as a Drug & Alcohol Worker.
About Us
North Yorkshire Horizons is a Drug and alcohol service for adults, made up of several key partners including Humankind, enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community. Providing a safe environment in which people can develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, successfully re-integrate into society, and become active, contributing citizens.
About the role
As a Drug and Alcohol Worker you will be an integral member of the dynamic multi-agency team providing harm reduction advice, assessing and engaging new clients entering treatment, needle exchange provision and risk management.
The post holder will work closely with appropriate partners and stakeholders within office based, community and outreach settings.
Key duties include:

• Engaging and assessing new clients
• Harm reduction advice
• Risk management
• Recovery planning
• Case management

About you

• Relevant qualifications in social care work, counselling, or a related field
• Experience working in the field of substance use or a related area
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-agency team
• Understanding of harm reduction principles and recovery-focused approaches
• Case management experience
• Driving license is preferred but not essential

View the job description and person specification
Should you wish to discuss the vacancy further, please contact: Jenna Wing on: 01723 330730.
‘The salary advertised below demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’
Who are we…
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We 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 our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.
We are incredibly proud of the work that we do to help address health inequalities in England. Every five minutes, an individual accesses one of our services, and we have supported over 90,000 people across all our services last year. Check out our impact report here to read more about the important work that we have done.
What can Humankind offer you…
Humankind is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@humankindcharity.org.uk
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