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2. 17-Feb-2010 Alcohol Support Worker - Community Links
Huddersfield and Dewsbury (2 posts)
| Salary | £19,427 - 21,306 per annum pro rata | Closing Date | 03-03-2010 5pm |
| Hours | 37 & 16 hours per week | Interview Date | 18-03-2010 |
| Annual Leave | Location | Huddersfield and Dewsbury (2 posts) |
Alcohol Support Worker
You’ll play an important role in the delivery of our alcohol treatment service by actively engaging with individuals with alcohol misuse issues in Kirklees. Taking a positive, enabling approach, you’ll develop support plans, support Service Users around detox programmes and provide practical and social support to alcohol misusers in the Kirklees area. You’ll also deal with enquiries to the service, complete initial assessments and maintain accurate client records.
With a proven track record in a similar role, you should already have a good understanding of current models of intervention, knowledge of how alcohol can affect service users’ physical and mental wellbeing and experience of assessing and planning support. A collaborative, client-focused approach is essential too, as is a commitment to client independence, lots of enthusiasm and excellent communication skills. If you also have the flexibility to work on an outreach basis throughout the Kirklees area, you’ll help us make a real difference to the lives of people with alcohol support needs.
Community Links is proud to deliver the On-TRAK assertive engagement service in partnership with Lifeline Kirklees. The service engages with people with alcohol misuse issues in the community, providing them with the support and interventions they need for recovery.
Community Links a leading provider of mental health services throughout Yorkshire and the Humber. We’re one of Britain’s Best Companies to Work For too. So we can offer careers that are rewarding in every sense of the word.
We offer an extensive package, including generous annual leave, excellent training and development, pension scheme, local benefits and work-life balance policies.
For more information or an application pack, please visit www.commlinks.co.uk or email: recruitment@commlinks.co.uk
Our aim is for our workforce to reflect the diverse and exciting region we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates.
You’ll play an important role in the delivery of our alcohol treatment service by actively engaging with individuals with alcohol misuse issues in Kirklees. Taking a positive, enabling approach, you’ll develop support plans, support Service Users around detox programmes and provide practical and social support to alcohol misusers in the Kirklees area. You’ll also deal with enquiries to the service, complete initial assessments and maintain accurate client records.
With a proven track record in a similar role, you should already have a good understanding of current models of intervention, knowledge of how alcohol can affect service users’ physical and mental wellbeing and experience of assessing and planning support. A collaborative, client-focused approach is essential too, as is a commitment to client independence, lots of enthusiasm and excellent communication skills. If you also have the flexibility to work on an outreach basis throughout the Kirklees area, you’ll help us make a real difference to the lives of people with alcohol support needs.
Community Links is proud to deliver the On-TRAK assertive engagement service in partnership with Lifeline Kirklees. The service engages with people with alcohol misuse issues in the community, providing them with the support and interventions they need for recovery.
Community Links a leading provider of mental health services throughout Yorkshire and the Humber. We’re one of Britain’s Best Companies to Work For too. So we can offer careers that are rewarding in every sense of the word.
We offer an extensive package, including generous annual leave, excellent training and development, pension scheme, local benefits and work-life balance policies.
For more information or an application pack, please visit www.commlinks.co.uk or email: recruitment@commlinks.co.uk
Our aim is for our workforce to reflect the diverse and exciting region we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates.
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