Community Alcohol Worker Leeds - UK Driving License Essential

Job overview

The Specialist Community Alcohol Worker provides flexible, community-based support and case management to adults who experience high-risk alcohol dependence and complex needs, including people who may have found it difficult to engage with conventional treatment services. The role is based out in the community and involves working in a range of settings, including people’s homes, community venues, GP surgeries, hospitals and other partner services. The postholder will hold and coordinate a caseload, building trusting relationships through a person-centred, trauma-informed and non-judgemental approach. They will complete timely assessments, develop care and risk plans, provide structured interventions, and work alongside the person and partner agencies to address barriers to engagement and support positive change. The purpose of the role is to support vulnerable adults towards alcohol abstinence, usually through planned residential detoxification and rehabilitation pathways, while providing appropriate harm reduction, preparation and relapse-prevention support. The worker will coordinate care before, during and after treatment, helping to ensure that treatment is accessible, coordinated and responsive to the person’s individual circumstances, goals and support needs.

Main duties of the job

• Support adults experiencing high-risk alcohol dependence and complex needs to work towards abstinence and recovery.
• Build trusting relationships using a person-centred, trauma-informed and non-judgemental approach.
• Manage a caseload, completing assessments, care plans, risk assessments and one-to-one interventions.
• Support access to detoxification and rehabilitation, coordinating care before, during and after treatment.
• Provide harm reduction, safe alcohol reduction and relapse-prevention support.
• Work flexibly across Leeds, including home visits, to engage people facing barriers to treatment.
• Work with partner agencies to address health, housing and social needs.
• Maintain accurate records and follow safeguarding, confidentiality and quality standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assess individual needs, manage risk and develop care plans that support agreed treatment goals.
• Coordinate referrals, appointments and treatment pathways, providing consistent support throughout recovery.
• Recognise and respond to risks relating to alcohol withdrawal, physical and mental health, safeguarding and relapse.
• Deliver structured interventions and undertake breath or urine testing where required.
• Build effective partnerships with health, social care, housing, hospital, detoxification and rehabilitation services.
• Adapt support to individual circumstances, promoting choice, independence and positive change.
• Undertake community visits safely, maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Maintain accurate records in line with organisational policies and relevant guidance.
• Participate in supervision, training and service development, upholding St Anne’s values and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.