Support Worker; Recovery; Oasis

Support Worker

Permanent Role, full-time

43.75 Average Hours Week: 12.5 hour shifts: 7:30am-20.00pm

Rota: 1st week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) and 2nd week (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday)

Oasis Recovery Runcorn

£12.71 per Hour

Do you have a passion to help people? Come and work for The UK's leading Alcohol & Drug Rehab provider. Our mission is to provide high quality, person-centred, safe and effective treatment. We believe that anyone experiencing challenges with addiction & mental health is able to recover and achieve their true potential.

Join our mission as a Support Worker, at our centre in Runcorn!

• You will have endless job satisfaction, and make a difference to people's lives
• You can be a support system for others, and your presence will have a huge impact
• Your experiences as a Support Worker can shape who you are and the decisions you make in life

• Supportive PDP
• Training and development opportunities
• Birthday off
• Company pension scheme
• Blue Light Card- discounts at thousands of retailers

At the heart of everything we do are our four core values:

• Understanding – listening, empathising, and responding to individual needs.
• Kindness – treating everyone with dignity, respect, and compassion.
• Accountability – taking responsibility for our actions and maintaining high standards.
• Teamwork – working collaboratively to achieve the best outcomes for our clients.

• Provide advice, information and support to clients including referral to aftercare services that focus on maintaining an abstinent lifestyle.
• Work with clients to produce appropriate and achievable recovery plans to help them address their identified needs.
• Ensure clients observe the programme’s rules and support the manager in investigating and taking action where these may have been breached including substance testing.
• Support clients with the prompting of their medication, conduct accurate and timely medication audits and maintain accurate medication records.
• Assist in the day-to-day operation of services by working with clients, enabling them to cope with practical aspects of daily living (life skills, benefits, housing).
• Ensure residents attend external appointments in line with their care plan by supporting them to access transport or accompanying them if necessary.
• Oversee and or conduct effective intake, assessment and discharge interventions.
• Assist the therapeutic team to carry out accurate, complete and timely risk management planning and reviews in conjunction with external third parties where appropriate.
• Undertake all duties and responsibilities in accordance with: company policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, standards; good professional practice and the company’s QA strategy, CQC and other regulatory requirements, relevant legislations, all legal and contractual obligations.
• Oversee the maintenance of accurate client records and databases and provide statistics for management and to assist with service evaluation in a timely fashion.
• Assist in the transfer of individuals between agencies and services

• Ability to undertake lone-working safely and effectively.
• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively in terms of professional boundaries.
• Ability to develop and review risk management plans.
• Ability to express empathy and a non-judgemental attitude with a calm, caring approach.
• Capacity to handle intensive and pressurised situations.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, committed to making our recruitment process inclusive and accessible to all.