Recovery Practitioner - Opiates - Southwark

Recovery Practitioner - Opiates – Southwark

Are you passionate about supporting individuals on their journey to recovery from substance misuse? We are seeking a dedicated Recovery Practitioner - Opiates to join our dynamic team in Southwark. This is a contract position lasting 9 months, offering a great opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives while developing your professional skills.

Recovery Practitioner - Opiates: Key Responsibilities

As a Recovery Practitioner - Opiates, you will be at the forefront of delivering high-quality care within a multidisciplinary team. Your duties will include:

• Supporting service users from initial entry into the service through their recovery journey
• Conducting screening, assessments, and recovery planning, including onward referrals
• Reducing drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the community
• Promoting community involvement, social reintegration, resilience, and peer support
• Acting as the main care coordinator overseeing individual recovery plans
• Developing tailored packages of care, which may include psycho-social, clinical, and harm minimisation interventions
• Supporting substance misuse and substitution prescribing regimes in collaboration with clinicians
• Carrying out risk assessments, risk management, and safeguarding procedures
• Providing health education on harm minimisation, overdose prevention, and blood-borne viruses
• Liaising with partner agencies, including health services and community groups
• Ensuring confidentiality and building trusting therapeutic relationships

Candidate Requirements

The ideal Recovery Practitioner - Opiates will demonstrate:

• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues, particularly opiate misuse
• Experience working within substance misuse and recovery environments
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of mental health interventions and outcomes-focused approaches
• Commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality, and equality, diversity & inclusion
• IT competency for record-keeping and reporting

Benefits of Working with Us

As a valued team member, you will enjoy numerous benefits, including:

• £250 Training Allowance
• Dedicated Specialist Consultant support
• Working with thousands of clients nationwide
• Daily payroll runs
• Free candidate registrations
• Referral and loyalty bonus schemes
• Sign-up bonus
• Free compliance checks

Salary / Pay Rate

Please contact us for the salary details related to the Recovery Practitioner - Opiates role.