Drug and Alcohol Practitioner - Amber Valley
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Want to develop a career working in substance use treatment? Then come join our supportive and motivated Ripley team, who are committed to supporting a change in the lives of those using drugs and alcohol within the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire.
The Role
This role will be based at our Ripley office in Amber Valley (within Ripley Town Hall), working 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
This specific drug and alcohol worker role will involve supporting people that are accessing Shared Care via their GP, and conducting outreach. Our Shared Care provision is accessed by people who are stable with their drug/alcohol use and are being prescribed opiate substitute medication by their GP, and are seen and supported by our drug and alcohol key workers within a local GP surgery. We currently work from five Shared Care GP practices within Amber Valley. This role will also involve conducting outreach to people who aren\u2019t able to attend our office in Ripley, due to their multiple and complex needs. You will manage your own caseload of people presenting with drug and alcohol issues and will engage them in regular key work sessions. This will involve offering a range of harm reduction interventions and structured key working, helping engage service users in a care-planned and recovery focused way to attain improved health outcomes and achieve their personalised treatment goals. You will deliver 1-2-1 care-planned support, facilitating group work sessions as required, and will use appropriate models, interventions and approaches tailored to meet the individual needs of service users. Furthermore, you will support them in their individual, person-centred journey to build recovery capital by partnership working with other support agencies and local recovery projects and mutual aid groups. You will work closely with specialist teams within our service, including recovery connectors, employment workers, rehab workers, counsellors and clinical colleagues. Full role training and shadowing opportunities will be included in your induction.
We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.
The Location
We are looking for a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner to manage a caseload of service users presenting with drug and alcohol issues in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire. You will be based at our Ripley office, working from our satellite bases in GP surgeries within Amber Valley. This wonderful, diverse team is knowledgeable and supportive, with a wealth of knowledge to impart.
About You
We are keen to hear from anyone with experience of working within the field of drug and alcohol use, and/or has lived experience, or from someone who may not have experience with drugs/alcohol but is very motivated and passionate about recovery and supporting others. We welcome applications from individuals that have good communication skills, both written and verbal, are highly motivated, can use their own initiative, and have good organisational and diary management skills. Administrative skills are also vital for this role to maintain good record keeping, have a keen eye for data detail and confidence updating Excel spreadsheets.
We offer
Full role training and shadowing opportunities. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Job description attached. Please reflect on the details outlined in the job description when completing your application form and supporting statement to show how your skills and experiences align with the role.
About Phoenix Futures
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values define us and we work to high standards. We believe in recovery, equity of opportunity, and an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including people with lived experience.
For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership service, visit: www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk
Applications can be made via the Phoenix Futures website: www.phoenix-futures.org.uk
If you have drug/alcohol lived experience and would like to gain skills, qualifications and experience before applying for a role, please email for information about the lived experience career pathway in Derbyshire.
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