Recovery Mentor (Trainee)
Salary £27,986.40
40hr p/w
Days/evenings/weekends
Delamere is the UK's only purpose-built addiction treatment clinic in the UK. Based in Cheshire, we are a multi-disciplinary team of nurses, doctors, therapists and mentors who provide exemplary care to our guests as they grow beyond addiction. Our purpose-built clinic is an exceptional place to work and as a team we have the great privilege of helping guests who stay with us (typically for 4-6 weeks) make profound transformations. We are a values-led organisation, and we pride ourselves on setting standards for excellence and outcomes in the treatment of addiction.
Recovery Mentors at Delamere
Recovery Mentorship involves supporting guests as they learn and apply behaviour change techniques taught through our holistic treatment model. Our Mentors bring their own lived experience to life through their caring and compassionate support of our often fragile and vulnerable guests. Mentors are trained in small group facilitation and 121 mentoring sessions; they have a hugely positive impact on guest experience and outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting guests through a 28-day residential program of rehabilitation from addiction
- Facilitating psycho-educational sessions, process groups and experiential activities.
- Case working guests via structured, practical 121 mentor sessions
- Escorting guests to off-site activities
- Assisting guests in identifying, building and strengthening 'recovery capital'
- Working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Assisting in maintaining the morale of guests (achieved by talking and working with them)
The role calls for:
- High levels of empathy and emotional intelligence
- Being a team player
- Good decision making and common sense
- An appreciation of and understanding of addiction treatment and recovery principles
- Excellent, active listening and communication skills (written, verbal)
- Comfortable with the office 365 suite- Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and comfortable navigating web-based software.
- Experience of working in addiction and lived experience is preferred.
- Experience of working in a social care setting is preferred.
- Experience of presenting to groups and communicating information effectively.
Progression from Trainee Recovery Mentor to Recovery Mentor is dependent on individual development, the successful completion of required training, and a satisfactory probationary review. Subject to this progression, the full-time Recovery Mentor earns £31,000.00 per annum based on a 40-hour working week.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £27,986.40 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Northwich CW8 2EH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Are you confident using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) and web-based systems?
- Do you have experience working in a health, social care or community support setting?
- Do you have your own lived experience of drug, alcohol and/or behavioural addiction and recovery?
(Please note: for this role, lived experience refers to your own recovery journey)
- Do you have experience supporting people with drug, alcohol and/or behavioural addiction in a paid, voluntary or peer mentoring role?
- Please briefly describe how your lived experience and/or professional experience has prepared you to work as a Recovery Mentor
- Do you have experience supporting people in 1 to 1 or group setting?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
