Job summary
Are you passionate about creating positive change and empowering individuals to achieve a better quality of life?
We're looking for a dedicated and experienced Recovery Coordinator to join our team. In this role, you'll deliver a comprehensive Tier 2/3 service, supporting individuals struggling with drug use as well as their families and friends. This position operates within the framework of STaRS (Staffordshire Trent and Recovery System), providing meaningful and impactful support to those in need.
If you're ready to bring your expertise and commitment to this rewarding opportunity, we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
- Provision of drug & alcohol treatment to Service Users within the locality.
- Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to those individuals.
- Supporting service users through their treatment journey from beginning to end
- Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your clinical work
- Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
- Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation.
About us
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:
- Provide harm reduction advice, information, and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections
- Be responsible for maintaining a full case load of complex clients as the key worker.
- To develop and sustain links with multi-disciplinary services including statutory and non-statutory providers of Tier 2,3,4 drug services, criminal justice services and providers of wrap around services.
- To keep up to date records and information for the purpose of internal and external evaluation.
- To provide information and statistics consistent with the Drug Action Team (DAT) and Inclusions requirements.
- To participate in regular supervision.
- To take part in annual appraisal and review based on the NHS knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)
- To attend relevant internal and external meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:
- Provide harm reduction advice, information, and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections
- Be responsible for maintaining a full case load of complex clients as the key worker.
- To develop and sustain links with multi-disciplinary services including statutory and non-statutory providers of Tier 2,3,4 drug services, criminal justice services and providers of wrap around services.
- To keep up to date records and information for the purpose of internal and external evaluation.
- To provide information and statistics consistent with the Drug Action Team (DAT) and Inclusions requirements.
- To participate in regular supervision.
- To take part in annual appraisal and review based on the NHS knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)
- To attend relevant internal and external meetings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of working with drug users
- Experience of working with techniques such as CBT, Motivational interviewing, and Solution focused therapy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of working with drug users
- Experience of working with techniques such as CBT, Motivational interviewing, and Solution focused therapy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
