Purpose of the Post: The caseworker post aims to provide comprehensive care to clients with substance use issues, supporting clients from initial entry into service throughout their treatment and recovery journey, helping to minimize harm and facilitating behaviour change. Working with vulnerable clients who may have complex needs relating to domestic abuse, homelessness, re-offending behaviour and poor physical/mental health, the Caseworker post will conduct screenings and assessments, develop and implement recovery plans, facilitate onward referrals to other relevant services and conduct care reviews to help clients achieve their goals. The Caseworker post will work flexibly to minimise harm relating to substance use, fostering social reintegration, and promoting recovery and resilience. Using a trauma-informed strength-based approach, the Caseworker post will enable clients to access the help they need and achieve their goals by offering a range of evidence-based interventions, as well as working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and alongside other services to ensure access to support is as easy and seamless as possible. Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Providing comprehensive care to clients with substance use issues, supporting them from their initial entry into service throughout their treatment and recovery journey. 2. Completing screenings and assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, planning for recovery, and completing care reviews. 3. Identifying appropriate interventions, services, placements, and packages of support. 4. Presenting funding requests and/or updates concerning client outcomes to an appropriate panel and monitoring/reviewing agreed plans/placements. 5. Effectively managing a caseload of clients. Regularly reviewing cases, implementing actions, reviewing risk and following all safeguarding processes and procedures. 6. Developing effective working relationships and communication with key voluntary and statutory services to embed a more solution-focused response to people with multiple needs. 7. Carrying out risk assessments and risk management. 8. Performing proactive outreach including home visits, appointments in the community and outreach for street active/entrenched groups to enhance engagement and promote social inclusion. 9. Identifying and addressing barriers/obstacles to treatment and developing innovative solutions to enhance accessibility. 10. Planning service delivery contact flexibly to meet individual needs and adopting a proactive approach to engagement to maximise service accessibility. This includes delivering interventions peripatetically in a wide range of settings and communicating via a range of methods. 11. Working alongside our specialist nurse prescribers to support our substitution prescribing program. 12. Working closely with clinical staff to ensure clients have access to appropriate clinical interventions. 13. Ensuring strict adherence to all clinical pathways, processes and guidelines including titration and medication pathways. 14. Supporting clients identified through the criminal justice system to reduce substance use related harm as well as reducing the risk of reoffending. 15. Delivering DRR/ATR interventions in alignment with National Probation Service (NPS) court order requirements. 16. Ensuring seamless transitions between police/court custody suites, prison, and community settings. 17. Providing harm reduction information and implementing harm reduction strategies. 18. Following processes relating to referrals for detox and rehab. 19. Working alongside any relevant persons/services to plan safe exits from service and organising appropriate ongoing care. 20. Ensuring accurate recordings of clients' progression, records and plans. 21. Ensuring clients have regular and up-to-date copies of their support plan and safety plan. 22. Recording activity and results in an accurate and timely manner to support project evaluation as well as funding and research requirements. 23. Making constructive use of supervision sessions as well as engaging in reflective practice. 24. commitment to continuous professional development Working appropriately within professional boundaries. Requirements CV Eligibility to work in the UK Enhanced DBS