Responsibilities
* Provision of drug & alcohol treatment to Service Users within the locality.
* Holding a caseload of service users and being responsible for offering a range of interventions to those individuals.
* Supporting service users through their treatment journey from beginning to end.
* Embracing the concept of recovery and demonstrating this in your clinical work.
* Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
* Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation.
* Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections.
* Offer Naloxone to all clients due to risks presenting, or as a precautionary measure.
* Provide blood borne virus testing.
* Be responsible for maintaining a full caseload of complex clients as the key worker.
* Conduct outreach visits consistent with need.
* Offer a flexible approach to work within a range of locations including STARs hubs, MPFT hubs and an outreach setting.
* Carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multidisciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
* Assist and support medical and nurse prescribers during harm reduction and prescribing clinics.
This role is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT).
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