Substance Use Outreach Worker

Adferiad Recovery delivers a flexible and coordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and Substance Use conditions and related issues. Vulnerable people facing complex life challenges need consistent and seamless support to ensure they remain engaged with vital health and wellbeing services – and to prevent them becoming disenfranchised and isolated.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm)
Salary: £22,387.61 per annum
Based at: Neath Port Talbot
Role Purpose:
To deliver services in the community to Substance Users aged 18 years and over to help reduce the harm caused by their Substance Use. This includes individuals who have not accessed treatment and those who have repeatedly not attended appointments with alcohol and drug treatment providers, and have complex and multiple needs such as:
• Alcohol and/or drug use
• Mental ill health
• Homelessness, rough sleeping and vulnerably housed
• Anti-social behaviour and offending behaviour
Adferiad Recovery welcomes applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK, and values diversity in the workplace.
All employees are required to act inclusively to encourage, promote, and cultivate our values. (such as rights affirming and cultural diversity).
Working towards becoming a Rights Affirming organisation, we actively encourage applications from people where the Person Specification calls for a particular qualification or experience, we will consider waiving these requirements if an applicant who could not achieve them because of a disability can demonstrate he/she would be capable of performing well in the job and fulfils the criteria in other respects.
We are a living wage employer.
FOR MORE INFORMATION A FULL PERSON SPECIFICATION AND HOW TO APPLY, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE: https://adferiadrecovery.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=6b6a36aa-f034-41a3-acf8-db435cbe481c