Recovery Development Worker - NAY15047

An exciting opportunity has arisen within North Ayrshire Drug and Alcohol Recovery service, for a Recovery Development Worker. As a Recovery Development Worker you will draw upon your own personal lived experience, knowledge and skills to support vulnerable people within North Ayrshire. You will support the implementation and roll out of Scottish Government's Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards, by being part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing assertive outreach and recovery orientated interventions, that will assist to reduce harm to people who suffer from drug and alcohol related issues. You will promote person centred care, within a human rights based approach to recovery, on a one to one and group setting. You will have the opportunity to participate in North Ayrshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) lived experience panels and to collate experiential feedback from clients, which will promote and enhance service improvement and delivery. Training and support will
be provided, to enhance your own personal development and skill base.

Job Description Please note both posts are fixed term until 26/02/2027 About the Roles:Do you have a passion for shaping...

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted in instalments from your wages following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/. For further details on North Ayrshire Council's policy please visit Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

Mobile - More than 90% of time spent primarily working on a mobile basis across multiple Council facilities and out in the community. There may be some limited opportunity to work from home.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: Mobile

West Dunbartonshire Council £42,994.64 - £46,534.95 per year - £42,994.64 - £46,534.95 per year, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership £26,333 - £27,629 per year pro rata - £26,333 - £27,629 per year pro rata