Overview
Join NHS West Midlands as an Assessment & Engagement Worker to work with service users and multi-disciplinary teams in a liaison role. This full-time, permanent position focuses on drawing in local community assets to support recovery-focused outcomes, promoting visible recovery, harm reduction and brief interventions in hub reception areas.
Responsibilities
* Deliver high-quality interventions within the hub as part of the service.
* Work with and support the Inclusion multi-disciplinary team.
* Facilitate harm reduction interventions.
* Support service users attending the reception area of the service.
* Contribute to service users' recovery capital and positive recovery outcomes.
* Ensure service users have scheduled appointments and remove barriers to attendance.
* Supervise recovery supporter volunteers.
* Promote visible recovery in the hub, especially in reception areas.
* Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the wider community.
* Work in an evidence-based manner, up-to-date with current policy and legislation.
* Ensure the reception environment is welcoming and accessible.
Qualifications & Experience
* Essential — Evidence of continuous professional development.
* Essential — Willingness to undertake NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care.
* Essential — Understanding and awareness of the effects of substance misuse on individuals and the community.
* Essential — Experience with techniques such as CBT, motivational interviewing and solution-focused therapy.
* Essential — Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.
Details
* Employer: Inclusion (part of MPFT – Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
* Location: Staffordshire STaRS, Park House, Cannock, WS11 1JN
* Pay: Band 4 — £27,485 to £30,162 per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time
* Reference: 301-IT-25-7475916
Disclosure
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
About Us
Inclusion, created in 2002, is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of MPFT. We provide caring and effective services across England, including the West Midlands, and support individuals, families and communities affected by addiction, crime, mental health or sexual health treatment. We are committed to inclusive care, training and development, and staff wellbeing.
For more information about MPFT, visit https://www.mpft.nhs.uk.
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