Job summary
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
To work within the service users and multi-agency team members in an essential liaison role to draw in local community assets to support the delivery of Recovery focussed outcomes, promoting and creating opportunities in visible recovery, harm reduction and brief interventions in the hub reception areas.
Main duties of the job
o Work as an integral part of the service in delivering high quality interventions within the hub. o Work with and support the Inclusion multi-disciplinary team o Facilitate harm reduction interventionso Supporting service users who are attending the reception area of the service.o Contributing to service users working collaboratively to build their recovery capital and ensuring positive recovery outcomes.o Ensuring service users have scheduled appointments and remove barriers to attendance.o Supervising recovery supporter volunteers.o Promoting visible recovery in the hub, especially in reception areas. o Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider communityo Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation. o Ensuring the reception environment is welcoming and accessible.
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 make home visits consistent with need.
- To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
- To assist and support medical and nurse prescribers during harm reduction and prescribing clinics.
- To provide a range of structured psycho-social interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
- Make domiciliary visits to service users particularly for those with disabilities and to those with family responsibilities.
- Retain contact with service users whilst they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units including visits when required.
- To create and facilitate group work interventions.
- To provide a needle exchange service.
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 make home visits consistent with need.
- To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
- To assist and support medical and nurse prescribers during harm reduction and prescribing clinics.
- To provide a range of structured psycho-social interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
- Make domiciliary visits to service users particularly for those with disabilities and to those with family responsibilities.
- Retain contact with service users whilst they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units including visits when required.
- To create and facilitate group work interventions.
- To provide a needle exchange service.
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
- A commitment to and understanding of harm reduction & recovery approaches to working with drug users.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.
- Ability to work with drug/alcohol users in a community environment
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
- A commitment to and understanding of harm reduction & recovery approaches to working with drug users.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.
- Ability to work with drug/alcohol users in a community environment
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.
