Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Social Care
- Contract
- Permanent: OHID Funding
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- B0399-7510100
- Employer
- St Anne's Community Services
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Forward Leeds - Across Sites
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £27074.37 pa
- Closing
- 10/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/10/2025
Employer heading
Detox Worker - Forward Leeds - UK Driving License Essential
Job overview
Working within a team located across Leeds you will support and provide interventions to people effected by alcohol, within a range of community settings. This will be an exciting opportunity to address unmet needs of people who have difficulties engaging with conventional treatment systems. You will be responsive and complete timely community-based assessments, collaborating with community providers to ensure accessible treatment options. A UK driving license is essential.
Support will include preparation for those wishing to detox from alcohol whether this be through a residential setting or a community detox pathway. Our aim is to ensure that the service user and their family have access to appropriate care which is coordinated in line with a person-centred approach.
Main duties of the job
- You will work closely with the Team Manager and will be responsible for your own case load of service users.
- You will organise face to face appointments and deliver therapeutic sessions including safe alcohol reduction plans, risk assessments and harm reduction/relapse prevention work.
- You will also link in with GP’s, Healthcare Assistants, Hospital Teams, and Rehab Facilities to work holistically in supporting services users to achieve their planned treatment goals.
- Using your own initiative to identify unmet needs within our service and work collaboratively with partnership agencies.
You will be fully supported by the Service Manager, Team Manager and Senior Detox Practitioner to deliver positive outcomes for your service users. This role is both exciting and rewarding, you will have access to fantastic learning and development opportunities to help build your skill set and knowledge.
St Annes staff based within Forward Leeds also have the added benefit of access to training and personal development opportunities via the Forward Leeds consortium.
Working for our organisation
- Rising 20 to 25 days plus statutory bank holidays
- 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
- Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
- Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Discounted income protection scheme
- Free car parking at most services
- Free life assurance cover
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work closely with the Team Manager and will be responsible for your own case load of service users. You will organise face to face appointments and deliver therapeutic sessions including safe alcohol reduction plans, risk assessments and harm reduction/relapse prevention work. You will also link in with GP’s, Healthcare Assistants, Hospital Teams, and Rehab Facilities to work holistically in supporting services users to achieve their planned treatment goals. Using your own initiative to identify unmet needs within our service and work collaboratively with partnership agencies. You will be fully supported by the Service Manager, Team Manager and Senior Detox Practitioner to deliver positive outcomes for your service users.
This role is both exciting and rewarding, you will have access to fantastic learning and development opportunities to help build your skill set and knowledge.
All staff are expected to take reasonable steps to ensure they complete all mandatory training requirements for their role and to ensure training is kept up to date.
Training and development is vitally important in ensuring that St. Anne’s has good quality, high performing staff to deliver services to the people we support. We have an extensive in-house training programme which helps us maintain and enhance the competencies of all staff.
St Annes staff based within Forward Leeds also have the added benefit of access to training and personal development opportunities via the Forward Leeds consortium.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Substance Use and Addiction
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working in care (employment) preferably 1 year
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Current driver licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sam Lindley
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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