This is a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity until 31st March 2027.
About the Team
You will work within the DASS project (Drug and Alcohol Street Support) as part of the Changing Futures Wellbeing Team, supporting service users who live with Mental Health difficulties and who may also experience other challenges, such as homelessness, substance misuse, domestic abuse and / or contact with the criminal justice system.
The team is part of a successful project supported by public health which aims to reach service users who are homeless and have difficulties with their Mental Health and who can experience multiple disadvantages and complexities in their lives. You will be working closely with partners in other organisations and specialist addiction services.
Joining the Changing Futures Wellbeing Team at Essex means you will be working in a supportive and innovative environment enabling you to develop your own ideas to make meaningful changes to the service user’s lives. Working with community groups, family and carers you will ensure advocacy for people with Mental Health, substance abuse and social care difficulties. This role enables you to build meaningful relationships with our service users and make a difference in their lives.
The team will be countywide community based with a mixture of working from home, local office-based working and working directly with...