Salary Starting salary is £29,446.79 per year (Full-time equivalent)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

Location: City and Hackney

Benefits: See supporting documents for information on advantages.

Purpose of the post

Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest, working in partnership with Turning Point and Antidote, provide the City and HackneyRecoveryservice. A full integrated service, shapedby the community needs and voices of service users,carers, families,& communities,all staff and volunteers will contributetosubstance misuse recovery, social inclusion and improving the quality of life of all our service users in the City of London and Hackney borough. This Recovery Worker role will support service users primarily on the opiate pathway and keywork a caseload, supporting service users to decide their goals around treatment and develop plans to achieve these.

Main duties and responsibilities

To work as a Opiate Recovery Worker which includes:

- To provide allocated clients with 1:1 support with achieving their substance misuse recovery goal, using psycho-social interventions, SMART goals, motivational interviewing, risk management planning and working closely with our clinical staff and pharmacies around prescribing needs and partner agencies.
- To ensure that patients receive the right level of help at the right time and experience a joined-up service between health and social care, especially where multiple services are going in.

About Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest

We are a multi-disciplinary provider of specialist mental health services and a part of the Mind Federation.





We promote both recovery from ill health for people with recurrent and enduring mental health difficulties and early intervention for those at risk of developing mental health issues, or who struggle with common mental health conditions. We currently support around 5,000 people a year through a variety of services focusing on psychological, social, economic and workplace wellbeing, and support minoritised communities.

Working with Mind CHWF means you'll be part of a dedicated, passionate, and professional workforce who cares about the work they do and make a real difference to the lives of the people in the City of London, Hackney, and Waltham Forest.

Our values are

- Connected: Creating a compassionate and supportive community.
- Fair: We strive for equity- no-ones' needs should go unmet.
- Brave: We walk with people, offering help by doing what works - proven or new

We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fair and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

Those with lived experience of Mental Health are encouraged to apply.

Value-based Recruitment

We know that for various reasons, not everybody who can successfully perform in a role, performs their best under traditional interview/selection procedures. We are therefore seeking ways to breakdown further barriers in our recruitment & selection process.

Shorted-listed candidates will be provided with some questions to help them prepare for the interview.

We are a disability confident employer. All applicants with a disability, who meet the minimum essential short-listing criteria are guaranteed an interview. If this applies to you, please let us know in your application.

Your privacy and the security of your data is our top priority. Please take a moment to read through our applicant’s privacy notice.

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Neighbourhood Recovery Worker (Kensington)
🏢 Mind In The City, Hackney And Waltham Forest
📍 Kensington