Community Alcohol Worker Leeds - UK Driving License Essential

Job Overview

The Specialist Community Alcohol Worker provides flexible, community-based support and case management to adults who experience high-risk alcohol dependence and complex needs, including people who may have found it difficult to engage with conventional treatment services. The role is based out in the community and involves working in a range of settings, including people’s homes, community venues, GP surgeries, hospitals and other partner services.

The postholder will hold and coordinate a caseload, building trusting relationships through a person-centred, trauma-informed and non-judgemental approach. They will complete timely assessments, develop care and risk plans, provide structured interventions, and work alongside the person and partner agencies to address barriers to engagement and support positive change.

The purpose of the role is to support vulnerable adults towards alcohol abstinence, usually through planned residential detoxification and rehabilitation pathways, while providing appropriate harm reduction, preparation and relapse-prevention support. The worker will coordinate care before, during and after treatment, helping to ensure that treatment is accessible, coordinated and responsive to the person’s individual circumstances, goals and support needs.

Main duties of the job

• Support adults experiencing high-risk alcohol dependence and complex needs to work towards abstinence and recovery.
• Build trusting relationships using a person-centred, trauma-informed and non-judgemental approach.
• Manage a caseload, completing assessments, care plans, risk assessments and one-to-one interventions.
• Support access to detoxification and rehabilitation, coordinating care before, during and after treatment.
• Provide harm reduction, safe alcohol reduction and relapse-prevention support.
• Work flexibly across Leeds, including home visits, to engage people facing barriers to treatment.
• Work with partner agencies to address health, housing and social needs.
• Maintain accurate records and follow safeguarding, confidentiality and quality standards.

Working for our organisation

St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include;

• 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 cove

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Assess individual needs, manage risk and develop care plans that support agreed treatment goals.
• Coordinate referrals, appointments and treatment pathways, providing consistent support throughout recovery.
• Recognise and respond to risks relating to alcohol withdrawal, physical and mental health, safeguarding and relapse.
• Deliver structured interventions and undertake breath or urine testing where required.
• Build effective partnerships with health, social care, housing, hospital, detoxification and rehabilitation services.
• Adapt support to individual circumstances, promoting choice, independence and positive change.
• Undertake community visits safely, maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Maintain accurate records in line with organisational policies and relevant guidance.
• Participate in supervision, training and service development, upholding St Anne’s values and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Understanding of Substance Use and Addiction

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience working in substance use services or other services working with people who use substances

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Holds a full UK driving licence

Desirable criteria

• GCSE or equivalent

St. Anne’s is working to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We want people from underrepresented groups such as disabled, black and ethnic minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and non-binary (LGBTQ+) communities to apply for all our roles.

St. Anne's is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job. Please contact recruitment on 0113 243 5151 opt 5 if you require any reasonable adjustments.

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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

• Community Alcohol Worker Job Description (PDF, 160.7KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name Helen Rodgers Job title Service Manager Email address helen.rodgers@forwardleeds.co.uk Telephone number 07964768238