Job Description

Job Title:

Community Alcohol Recovery Worker (HIPP)

Contract:

37-hour, permanent contact

Project, Location:

Queen Alexandra Hospital and community settings

Salary:

26,023-29,471 (22-26)

About us

The Society of St James (SSJ) delivers high impact, person-centred, accommodation services across Hampshire to people experiencing homelessness, substance misuse and mental health problems. The people we support are at the heart of everything we do. Our main aim and priority is to find people to work with us who share values, behaviours and attitudes to match our own.

Service description

The SSJ Recovery Hub offers a wide range of interventions including one to ones, therapeutic group work, needle exchange and prescribing interventions to people recovering from problems with drugs and alcohol who are living in Portsmouth. This post will focus on alcohol related hospital admissions to target individuals during their stay in hospital to offer assessment and ongoing recovery work in the community. This work may often be lone working.

Main responsibilities

The successful candidate will have experience of working with this client group, knowledge of the impact of substance misuse on individuals, families and the wider community and be able to manage a client caseload safely and effectively. You will understand the impact of alcohol dependency, alcohol withdrawal and the range of interventions and support available to help people make their lives better.

You will work in a person-centred approach to support individuals who want to make changes to their lives by supporting them to access interventions that are important to them.

Good risk management skills are essential, as well as a strong ability to build meaningful relationships with our service users. This will enable SSJ to deliver our purpose to create engaging opportunities for growth and development for employees and our service user's alike.

The role will be based primarily at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, but the work will involve visiting clients in other services or in their own homes, working closely alongside partner agencies such as primary health providers, housing services, recovery services and social care. This will be on a needs basis, as appropriate, and you will work within a flexible 37 hour working week including evening and some weekend work.

Essential Qualities

Applicants will need to be self-reflective, motivated and able to work independently and as part of a team. A good background of working with people with substance misuse issues would be desirable; however, transferable skills from working with other disadvantaged groups/individuals will be considered. Prior to interview, we would expect candidates to be aware of the issues that this client group presents with and have a good knowledge of interventions, resources and agencies that are available.

Our ideal candidate will be Innovative and tenacious and able to engage meaningfully with service users. Have a good background of assessing people's needs and risks, reflective thinking, keeping accurate records and direct experience of working effectively with other agencies to advocate and support the client's needs.

To Apply:

Please send us a covering letter explaining how you think you meet the "Essential Qualities" above and why you should be considered for this role, along with your CV.

Closing Date for applications is: 5pm on 15th August 2025

Successful candidates will be invited to interview at The Recovery Hub, Elm Grove, Southsea. Interview Date: 21st and 22nd August 2025

If you have any questions about this role please contact Joanne Ross or Tom O'Brien atthe Recovery Hub on 023 9229 4573.

If you have not been contacted within 10 days of the closing date then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 26,023.00-29,471.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person