Recovery Worker Nurse

Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity within Torbay Recovery Initiatives, the Drug and Alcohol Service within Torbay for a nurse to join our team on a fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave up until Spring (March/April) 2026.

We are part of the Multi-Complex Needs Alliance called Growth In Action and are working together to support the local community in Torbay.

The vision of the alliance is that "People in Torbay are able to access joined up drug and alcohol, hostel and domestic violence services, when they need them and in a way that is supportive and helpful to them"

We work with a range of evidence-based recovery focused interventions to support individuals with drug and alcohol use problems.  We require an individual who is committed to providing high standards of service provision and who can work in partnership with service users, families and carers and the wider recovery community in Torbay

Main duties of the job

• Undertake initial assessment of individuals referred into the service.
• Provide a range of evidence-based interventions to individuals assessed as appropriate for treatment from the service
• Contribute to the coordination of recovery focused interventions to individuals
• Work closely with partner agencies including statutory and non-statutory services to ensure effective delivery and coordination of services.
• Monitoring of prescribing interventions which form a component of the individuals recovery journey
• Undertake specific interventions to support individuals to address alcohol use problems
• To provide a range of evidence-based treatment to individuals with physical and psychological dependency upon illicit drugs or alcohol.
• To achieve all targets identified within service level agreement.
• To proactively engage clients within treatment system and in so do minimise the harm to the client resulting from their use of illicit drugs / alcohol.
• To work in partnership with non-statutory agencies in the delivery of treatment and psychosocial support to clients.
• To work in partnership with service users to ensure that the service provided is appropriate and relevant to their needs
• The role involves managing a defined caseload.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We aspire to work in a Trauma informed way. For full details of the job please see the attached job description.