Based in a substance misuse service
Desirable but not essential as full training will be given:
Experience of facilitating groups
Experience working in a clinical setting such a hospital or a care home
Previous experience of working within a residential treatment setting
Experience of working within addiction or substance misuse services
Knowledge of the issues facing clients in addiction and its wide ranging impact (physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially).
A knowledge of the 12 Step process of recovery from addiction (people in recovery should be abstinent for a minimum of three years).
Essential:
Good observational and reporting skills.
Ability to work alone using own initiative.
Good listening skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients and other professionals.
Good IT skills including the ability to work across multiple platforms and applications.
Ability to hold strong professional boundaries, conflict resolution and work with challenging behaviour.
Open to giving and receive constructive feedback.
Ability to work harmoniously with a wide variety of staff members and clients.
Practising good self-care and know when/how to access supportive measures provided by the organisation.
Ability to take on and learn a variety of tasks across multiple disciplines and switch dynamically between them as the situation requires
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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