Vacancy Information
Hourly rate of pay: £ £
Candidates will be assessed on the basis of appropriate relevant experience and qualifications and salary placed within the advertised scale.
Days and hours of work:
Monday - Friday, flexi time is applicable.
To start asap.
This particular role takes a multi-disciplinary approach to providing substance use intervention to service users with opiate, non-opiate and alcohol use difficulties. The service aspires to promote recovery and the long-term wellbeing individuals can achieve with the support of the service and from within their local community.
The post holder should have knowledge of the MAT standards alongside drug and alcohol policy context and be able to work with vulnerable adults - including those who have transient and unstable lifestyles. The nature of this post requires a high level of partnership and collaborative working across a range of teams and services.
The successful candidate will have a good understanding of trauma and how substance use impacts on the service user and community. They should also be familiar or willing to become familiar with the recovery process clients in the service go through, including social work theory which supports our understanding of change, motivation and recovery. Previous experience of assessments for residential rehabilitation, motivational interviewing approaches and problem-solving strategies to support service users who struggle to engage consistently with services is desirable.
An ability to work under pressure and support service users through moments of crisis is also essential.
It is important that the post holder has the ability to work with professionals from different agencies health professionals and voluntary organisations, adult and children social work teams to ensure that the health and social care needs of service users are met through joint assessments and care plans. The post holder will be part of a specialist multidisciplinary team adopting creative ways to support the ongoing development and improvement of the service
Home / Hybrid Working Consideration
Applications for home or hybrid working will be considered for this post in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found. Home or Hybrid working options can be discussed with candidates invited for interview.
Please Note:
All home/hybrid workers must live in the UK. Where an application for home-working is supported, it will be subject to a satisfactory trial period. Employees will be expected to attend Council offices for the duration of induction, and be on site in East Lothian workplaces, as required. Employees with a hybrid working arrangement in place will be office based and able to work from home, with permission, on an ad hoc basis.
Job Details
To provide an effective service to service users and their families/carers, promoting a high standard of practice, in accordance with statutory obligations, policies and procedures.