An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse or Social Worker to apply for the band 7 Family Practitioner within Essex STaRS but working with the Essex Drug and Alcohol Partnership and Children’s and Families services in Northeast and West Essex. As part of a holistic model of service delivery, this role is intended to deliver a more integrated approach to the delivery of family interventions within drug and alcohol services with a further focus on identifying and supporting the needs of the whole family.
The service is aimed at families involved with Essex Children’s Social Care service with any additional needs related to drug and/or alcohol misuse.
The aim of the service is to reduce substance misuse related harms, and achieve improvement in the functioning of affected families, including their ability to manage their children and maintain their safety at all times. The service will also have a positive impact on the health, social, psychological, legal, criminal activity of these families.
For further information on the role please contact
Tracey Crawford –Traceycrawford@net.nhs
The post holder will be employed by Essex STaRS but will work between EEC's Children and Family Services and The Essex Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services :-
• To act as an expert consultant to social care staff across C&F in relation to parental substance misuse.
• To support social workers in their assessment and interventions with families where parental substance misuse is a dominant feature.
• To contribute to raising awareness and understanding about the impact of substance misuse on parenting across the social care service.
• To promote effective communication and joint working between Children’s Social Care and Adult Substance Misuse Services.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
You will work as a member of Essex STaRS in providing high quality, evidence-based, holistic care to service users in line with your professional code of conduct and Trust policies to:-
· Ensure families where substance misuse concerns are identified, have easy and swift access to appropriate drug and alcohol services which will support them to make more informed choices about their behaviour and their ability to keep children safe and how they parent and/or live as a family.
· To provide services that limit the length of time families need to have contact with Children’s Social Care Services and where possible work with other treatment providers to prevent such contact.
· To provide advice, support and information in relation to substance misuse, to professionals, including front line practitioners and senior managers. This will include all relevant and best practice Harm Reduction advice, information and service provision including signposting to appropriate substance misuse treatment and recovery services.
· To provide access to assessment, recovery planning and appropriate interventions to families with substance misuse issues and concerns; to provide access to pre and post detoxification support for those needing community or residential detoxification. The work will be provided to Substance Misusing Adults, and families accessing Children’s Social Care services that have been either identified as at risk or affected by substance misuse.
· To provide data required via scoresheets to ensure the service and be monitor. Input onto the Performance Monitor Report as required.
Criteria for Selection - Essential
• Professional Qualification in Social Work or Nursing
• Substance Misuse Experience
• Car Driver
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025