Recovery Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working effectively with clients who have a variety of complex needs and substance misuse. Case load management, duty cover, group support. Care planning and risk assessments as part of 12 week review processes. Working as part of an MDT. Managing clients on Opiate substitute prescribing. Offering harm minimisation and brief interventions as part of evidence based treatment.

Reporting to the Service Manager/Clinical Lead or designated supervisor the post holder will undertake a range of necessary tasks identified within the individual care plan. This will involve delivering care and interventions appropriate to the post holders level of experience and competences without direct supervision.

Contributing to multi-disciplinary comprehensive, culturally appropriate assessments to establish eligibility for health and social care services.

To undertake continuous risk assessment and to contribute to effective risk management.

Recognizing and valuing service users as individuals the post holder will ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity that is supportive of service users and their carers. This will include encouraging service users to accept an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care and with their consent, where appropriate; seek the cooperation of friends, relatives and/or carers.

Utilising agreed frameworks and guidance such as NICE or OHID; evidence based best practice and or local policy and procedure, as well as a range of profession specific tools, the post holder will actively assess, plan and determine the care needs of service users. The post holder will undertake and contribute to specific or multi-disciplinary team reviews of such care.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ registration

Essential

• NVQ3 or equivalent
• Knowledge and experience of working with individuals with a history of substance use

Desirable

• able to work independently with initiative and drive

experience and knoledge

Essential

• Demonstarate an understanding and experience of the assessment of Risk and evaluation of care interventions
• Demonstrate a sound knoledge and understanding of the needs and difficulties of substance misuse clients. Ability to explain this to others and champion the needs of vulnerable groups.

Desirable

• Able to work independently with initiative and drive

Personal Qualities

Essential

• A passion for working with and improving the lives of vulnerable and marginalised individuals and communities
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the roles within a multi-professional team

Desirable

• Able to make autonomous decisions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Better Lives

99-101 Seven Sisters road

London

N7 7QP

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)