Responsibilities
* To be responsible for the co-ordination of roles, clarity of responsibilities and the deployment and use of resources within the Team and when required, overall service.
* To be responsible for developing and implementing strategies that promote an environment of user involvement and recovery.
* To provide clinical leadership and supervision for other team members.
* To provide and lead on high quality substance misuse information, advice, support, liaison, treatment, signposting and bridging as part of the i-access team to the multi-disciplinary rough sleepers team.
* To work closely with the MDT, service users and clinicians, 1:1 brief work including assessments/joint assessments, provide advice, support, brief interventions and work collaboratively with the team.
* To hold a small complex caseload of service users who are homeless and are engaging with treatment.
* To work closely with care coordinators and other professionals who are in contact and/or provide services for rough sleepers according to individual need.
* Use specialist Substance Misuse and Mental Health knowledge and skills to carry out joint assessments, plan, formulate and deliver a range of treatment interventions.
* To work closely and collaborate with hostels, housing providers, drop‑in centres and homelessness centres. Working collaboratively to create spaces and opportunities to carry out joint assessments and deliver appropriate interventions.
Qualifications & Skills
* Experience in project management.
* Experience as a nurse with extensive experience in Substance Misuse, or a relevant degree with experience in working in substance misuse.
* Experience working with individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
* Car ownership/driver’s licence.
* Flexibility and proactive attitude.
Role Overview and Offer
We are offering a Band 7 Senior Practitioner to coordinate a small team of professionals in reaching out to those with substance use issues and also homeless or at risk of homelessness. The project aim is to assertively and proactively support these individuals into treatment, which will sit within the wider i-access drug and alcohol team. Organisational skills and the ability to lead are essential to this role as well as having the necessary clinical skills to deliver treatment.
The post holder will be expected to cover Surrey wide but will have the option of either Guildford, Chertsey or Redhill as their main base. Flexibility to work in a variety of settings in order to meet the needs of the service user is essential.
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