Role overview
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Advanced Substance Misuse Practitioner to join our Residential Rehab team at Stanfield House in Cumbria. This role involves delivering high-quality, person-centred health and wellbeing interventions, focusing on individuals facing complex substance misuse challenges in a residential rehab setting. You will play a pivotal role in helping service users recover, offering professional guidance, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs (e.g., mental health issues, offending behaviour, homelessness). Conduct thorough assessments and develop recovery and risk management plans tailored to individual needs.
* Deliver evidence-based psychosocial interventions on both a 1:1 basis and in group settings.
* Ensure strong partnership working with other professionals and agencies, facilitating multi-disciplinary meetings where necessary.
* Mentor and support Recovery Workers, offering training, supervision, and guidance.
* Promote harm reduction and health advice.
* Maintain accurate, high-quality records, including reports for safeguarding and other relevant agencies.
* Represent the organisation at local and national forums as an expert in substance misuse and related fields.
* Participate in and sometimes lead team and clinical meetings.
Essential qualifications
* Significant experience in a substance misuse treatment and recovery setting.
* Specialist training in areas related to substance misuse, such as mental health, criminal justice, or homelessness.
* Strong understanding of risk management in substance use.
* Excellent partnership working skills within multi-disciplinary teams.
* Ability to work effectively under pressure.
Desirable qualifications
* Relevant qualifications (e.g., Health and Social Care).
* Experience in mentoring or supervising staff.
* Experience working in a substance misuse rehab setting.
About us
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer. We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
Rewards and benefits
* 25 days' paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
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Salary: Starting salary £29,758 with annual pay progression up to £34,812.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
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