P2R are looking a flexible worker with experience of working in social care preferably with substance misuses. This is a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
Main duties of the job
Path to Recovery, Drug and Alcohol Services provides community based drug and alcohol services to Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire.
The purpose of the job is to reduce drug and alcohol related harms to individuals, families and communities, and empower service users to achieve a better quality of life and wellbeing and fulfill their personal ambitions for recovery. The post holder will:
* Put service users at the centre of everything they do, and consistently deliver a high quality service that promotes and supports recovery in line with Trust vision and processes.
* Work to values that include self-determination, empowerment and choice for service users.
* Work in partnership with service users and empower them to draw on their individual strengths and assets, and set goals they would like to achieve in all aspects of their lives.
* Deliver personalised and evidence based interventions in one-to-one and group settings, and will optimise their interventions to achieve the best possible outcomes.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* To manage a caseload of 35-70 service users, depending on complexity and other responsibilities.
* To carry out drug and alcohol misuse assessment including assessment of personal strengths and recovery capital, and risks.
* To develop recovery plans using a person centred approach to develop, implement and evaluate needs and strengths based care plans and risk management plans in partnership with service users, carers and other professionals.
* To offer health promotion and deliver harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange and access to physical health care including BBV and health screening.
* To provide IBA, extended IBA, one-to-one and group interventions.
* To liaise with professionals e.g. GP at start of treatment, at review and discharge.
* To provide evidence based drug and alcohol interventions in line with guidelines e.g. NICE, CQC, in a variety of settings promoting flexibility and choice for service users.
* To deliver prescribing interventions, working in partnership with medical colleagues titration, monitor and review maintenance regimes, detoxification etc.
* To maximise engagement with service users and reduce the risks both to the individual service user and to others affected by their drug and/or alcohol misuse.
* To facilitate service users and carers to be involved in care and treatment.
* To refer service users to appropriate Health and Social Care services that support their recovery and support them in accessing these services.
* To lead and participate in the clinical activities of the Team such as evening service and duty worker system.
* To make full use of all available interventions for delivering treatment, including online.
* To work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring effective communication with other team members and other professionals.
* To attend, lead and contribute to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency clinical meetings.
* To receive and participate in clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy.
* To attend, lead and contribute to team meetings.
* To maintain electronic health care records in accordance with Trusts Record Keeping policies.
* To record data in line with the service Operational Policies.
* To produce high quality letters and reports about service users care and treatment.
* To use Information Management and Technology effectively and efficiently in accordance with Trust policies.
* To complete incident reporting in accordance with Trust policies.
Person Specification
Worked in social care and with substance misusers
Essential
* EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Desirable
* EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Experience of care planning and risk assessment
Essential
* Experience of care planning and risk assessment.
GCSE, Maths and English
Essential
* Evidence of certificates.
Desirable
* Evidence of certificates.
Ability to be flexible and work within a clinical setting
Essential
* EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Desirable
* EXPERIENCE OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
P2R
21 The Crescent
Bedford
MK40 2RT
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