Recovery Worker – High Wycombe, Bucks
- Provide harm reduction advice, information, and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections
- Be responsible for maintaining a full case load of clients as the key worker.
- To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
- To assist and support nurse prescribers during prescribing clinics.
- To provide a range of structured psycho-social interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
- To create and facilitate group work interventions.
- To provide a needle exchange service.
- Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
All employees have a responsibility to undertake training and development as required. They also have a responsibility to assist, where appropriate and necessary, with the training and development of fellow employees. All employees have a responsibility of care for their own and others health and safety. This job description is not exhaustive and is subject to continuous change, in consultation with the post holder. Please note this job description gives a statement of the general purpose of the job and provides an outline of the duties and responsibilities involved.