Job responsibilities
To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
Where indicated, undertake community alcohol detoxification, support Opiate detoxification and titration in the community and refer for specialist inpatient services including liaising with hospital and inpatient unit staff.
Support outreach work across the borough, particularly around alcohol misuse.
Lead on Harm Reduction approaches within the service, including helping to reduce the spread of BBVs via testing and immunization schemes.
Deliver general healthcare support, including Wound Care, ECGs, healthcare assessments, and other similar activity.
Undertake basic life support/ anaphylaxis training so you are confident and competent to manage a medical emergency including the administration of emergency drugs.
Key duties and activities of the role
Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of people and their significant others.
Deliver evidence-based clinical and psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package. Take an assertive approach to service user disengagement.
Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education. To include blood borne virus interventions (screening, vaccination and treatment access), overdose prevention including naloxone programs, health and wellbeing screening brief and facilitated signposting and referral to partner services, including primary care.
Enable people to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery support activities and to signpost to other available services.
Support students, volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in Via services.
Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies, contributing to multi-disciplinary review meetings.
Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Via Information Governance policies and procedures.
Work flexibly, including across multiple sites and peripatetically when required.
Person specification for the role
Passion for and understanding of working with substance misuse services or with other socially excluded or vulnerable groups. With a proven ability to meet deadlines, record information accurately and in a timely way and to work calmly under pressure.
Great team working, communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues and the whole team to deliver Service objectives, as well as in working directly with people and their significant others.
Demonstrable ability to deliver an excellent quality level of service to people with complex needs. This includes the ability to work with people on a one-to one basis or to facilitate group sessions, to be able to complete assessments, care and support plans, risk assessments and to complete case recording to a high standard and in a timely way.
Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems like Nebula, System One or Theseus.
A demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), National Institute for Clinical Excellence standards for Health and Social Care and any other relevant bodies.
Demonstrable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such as criminal justice agencies, community groups and other stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for people.
The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in different settings (e.g. written, spoken, presented, etc) and to different groups of people.
Registered nurse (RMN, RGN or Learning Disabilities Nurse) with a current active PIN number.
Responsibilities for all Via staff
To work within the Via values of Care, Be human and Do the right thing. Support and collaborate with all colleagues and engage with the wider organisation.
To promote and deliver positive, inclusive and anti-discriminatory practices in line with Via policies, professional and sector requirements, and legislative frameworks.
To act on all Safeguarding concerns so that all statutory and organisational Safeguarding responsibilities are met and that all learning is shared.
To observe professional integrity and candour at all times and with all people.
To comply with all organisational policies and procedures including GDPR and all Health and Safety policy and guidance, taking responsibility for your own safety and contributing to that of colleagues and others as applicable.
To regularly participate in one-to-one / supervision sessions, objective setting and review, training, practice and learning forums.
A commitment to learning and to continuously improve everyones knowledge and skills.
To work flexibly to enable the delivery of effective services. This may include flexibility across sites or flexible hours, and any other duties that may reasonably be required of you within your role.
