Join our team in Ellesmere Port to make a meaningful impact by providing effective, compassionate care and support to individuals on their recovery journey from substance misuse.
The Role
This rewarding and exciting role will be key in ensuring that effective, efficient and appropriate care is planned and managed well for people and that this care achieves a positive impact to the recovery of the individual.
Based within Ellesmere Port integrated Drug and Alcohol Service, your role will support adults who use our service within the area to achieve their recovery journey goals.
Key role responsibilities include:
1. Have experience of working with people who are experiencing substance misuse difficulties or who are vulnerable.
2. Conduct strengths-based assessments, evidence-based interventions (brief and structured) and initial risk and recovery planning.
3. Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education including needle & syringe exchanges, brief and extended recovery interventions, blood borne virus interventions and overdose prevention advice.
4. Support with engagement processes, such as managing contact schedules, to ensure safety and maximise outcomes.
5. Support the day-to-day delivery of excellent drug and alcohol services to people and their significant others, including family members, friends and carers.
This is a 12 month fixed term contract. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with a late evening on a Tuesday.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Murphy, Service Manager via Jane.Murphy@viaorg.uk.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 2 March at midnight.
Interviews will take place on the 12 March, you will need to be available for interview on this date.
Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs; please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.
Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.
Please email people@viaorg.uk if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.
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