Alcohol Hospital Liaison Worker

Location - Colchester Hours - 30 per week Contract - Permanent Working Pattern - 4 days a week Salary - £25,000 per annum pro rata

Open Road provides drug and alcohol treatment services and offender support services across Essex & Kent, including a range of structured interventions that deliver mentoring, advice, and relapse prevention programmes. Accredited with Investing In Volunteers and Investors in People, our mission is to empower a diverse range of individuals, families, and communities to lead healthy and meaningful lives, free from addiction, offending behaviour, and disadvantage, to ensure healthier, happier lifestyles.

The Benefits of Working for Open Road:

• Full job-specific training including drug & alcohol, case and risk management, Trauma Informed Practice, and Motivational Interviewing.
• Access to funding for further development training in many areas, including a pathway into management.
• Competitive salary plus regular salary reviews.
• Flexible working or hybrid homeworking policy following successful completion of probation for most roles.
• 25 days per year AL pro rata plus Bank Holidays, and you can take an additional day off for your birthday!
• Access to the L&G Health App for services including a 24-hour GP service, mental health support, and wellbeing services.
• Pension and Life Assurance - Details of our Royal London scheme are available, as well as our Death in Service benefit which is x2 salary.

What is the role?

The role of the Alcohol Liaison Worker is to act as a key point of contact for clients and partner agencies, ensuring effective communication and coordination of alcohol treatment services. This includes facilitating access to services, supporting recovery planning, and promoting integrated care.

What you need

• Excellent communication, time management, and administrative skills.
• A willingness to learn and work with a variety of people.
• Have a clear understanding of, and a commitment to safeguarding best practices.
• A commitment to multi-agency working, and the ability to work in partnership with other agencies within the treatment system to achieve good outcomes for clients.

This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at enhanced level.

Application

Please use the following link to complete our online application form. Prior to starting, please ensure you have all the relevant information to hand. Take time to review the job pack below as the shortlisting will be carried out with the Job Description and Person Specification in mind.

Alternatively, you can complete the form via Word and email it to .

Open Road values and respects the diversity and individual differences of our service users, staff, and volunteers.