Salary: £25,119 - £29,777 per annum, depending on experience
Hours: Full time, 37.5
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 31st March 2025 (possibility to extend)
Location: BANES with some remote working
Additional information: You will have the opportunity to work flexibly between home and DHI offices and as an employee of DHI, you will have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle Scheme, 26-31 days annual leave (service related), company pension scheme, charity worker discounts and monthly reflective practice.
The Role
DHI are looking for two Drug & Alcohol Worker to join our rapidly growing Shared-Care service based in Bath and North East Somerset. Working with a wide range of clients across a number of different sites, if you enjoy variety this is the role for you.
Working alongside GP’s in a community setting can be a pressurised environment requiring resilience, attention to detail, the ability to be boundaried, as well as assertive when necessary.
Meeting our service users ‘where they are’, helping them identify their goals for treatment is key to this role.
A Driving Licence with access to a vehicle and willingness to use it for work travel is essential.
About You
At DHI we highly value transferable skills and life experience. If you have good organisational skills, solve problems, and are resilient, adaptable and flexible then we would love to hear from you.
Your background could be from anywhere where you have needed to apply problem solving and motivational skills. Teaching, ex-armed forces, customer service are all examples of just some professions where we believe these transferable skills are often found, or you may have lived experience.
About You
At DHI we highly value transferable skills and life experience. If you have good organisational skills, can manage relationships, solve problems, and are resilient, adaptable and flexible then we would love to hear from you.
Your background could be from anywhere where you have needed to apply problem solving and motivational skills. Teaching, ex-armed forces, customer service are all examples of just some professions where we believe these transferable skills are often found, or you may have lived experience.
Our Values
We are an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.
If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.
We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.
What We Offer
We offer on the job support and mentoring within the team for this role, as well as training with regard to drug and alcohol related topics that are relevant to the post.
As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, 26 days paid annual leave, company pension scheme and Charity Worker Discounts.
Next Steps
If you’d like to know more about the role contact John Musgrove for an informal discussion. To apply please see below:
To apply for this role please provide a CV and covering letter and send to recruitment@dhi-online.org.uk by midday 4th October 2024.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis, vacancies may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
All applicants are required to submit a covering letter that should address the following questions in no more than 500 words maximum.
We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce. The form does not form part of the selection process. Please also tell us where you saw the post advertised.
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