Substance Misuse Groupwork PractitionerNHS

Job summary

Make a Difference. Build Your Career. Join Aspire.

Are you passionate about helping people make positive, lasting changes in their lives?

Were looking for a motivated and compassionate professional to join our Groupwork Team.

Our team delivers structured, evidence-based group programmes alongside one-to-one interventions across a variety of settings. We work flexibly, delivering sessions both face-to-face and virtually, so that people can access the right support in the right way.

Main duties of the job

You'll help people develop the skills, confidence and resilience they need to make sustainable changes and work towards long-term recovery.

Our programmes draw on recognised models of behavioural change and recovery, while our work extends beyond individual interventions. We also work closely with local communities to strengthen recovery networks and build meaningful, ongoing support.

You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to our accredited mentor programme, supporting people who want to volunteer and use their own experiences to help others on their recovery journey.

This is a role where what you do can have a lasting impact on individuals, families and the wider community.

We're looking for someone who is passionate about supporting people and who can bring experience, empathy and a commitment to recovery.

Job description

To provide evidenced based group work and one to one interventions with service users.

Develop volunteers, mentors and their role within the service.

To line manage Group Workers.

About us

At Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS), weve been transforming lives for more than 40 years. As a respected registered charity, we support individuals, families and communities affected by problematic drug and alcohol use helping people move towards lasting recovery, greater independence and brighter futures.

Now is an exciting time to join us.

Aspire is a long-standing partnership between Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS) and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), bringing together more than 20 years of combined expertise in delivering high-quality drug and alcohol services across local communities.

By combining RDaSHs clinical leadership and specialist NHS expertise with ADSs strong community focus, Aspire provides innovative, flexible and genuinely person-centred support.

For our teams, this means being part of a collaborative service where your ideas, expertise and contribution can make a real difference.

With significant investment currently creating new opportunities across the substance misuse sector, there has never been a more exciting time to develop your career, broaden your skills and be part of positive change.

We want our people to feel valued, supported and able to develop because when our staff thrive, the people we support benefit too.