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Hospital Liaison Worker
Location: Torbay Hospital, Torquay & Newton Abbot, Devon
Contract: Fixed Term (Until 30/06/) - Full Time
We have an exciting dynamic opportunity for a Hospital Liaison Worker to join us working between the Together recovery service and local hospitals.
About the role
The Hospital Liaison Worker is a dynamic role, working between the Together recovery service and local hospitals. Using a caring, compassionate and trauma informed approach you will be engaging with individuals who have been admitted to hospital and have a substance use support need. You will deliver a range of interventions including advice, harm reduction and structured psycho-social interventions. You will work closely alongside colleagues within the hospital to ensure that appropriate support is offered to all those in need.
The post will work within the Together integrated alcohol and other drug service to establish a high-quality hospital liaison service for patients, ensuring and providing appropriate assessments, interventions and co-developing multi-agency discharge plans and pathways to reduce relapse and hospital readmission.
Working between the local Together Hub and the local hospital, the post will ensure effective communication with relevant hospital departments (e.g. Mental Health, Hepatology & Gastroenterology, A&E, Maternity) and externally with other community services (e.g. GPs, outreach, housing and community justice services).
The post will provide advice, guidance and training to healthcare professionals in recognition, treatment & management of alcohol and other drug related problems, including the delivery of brief interventions.
As a Hospital Liaison Worker, you will be responsible for:
* Attending hospital ward rounds and maintaining good communication with hospital staff.
* Responding to hospital liaison referrals from within the hospital.
* Delivering interventions to clients face-to-face and over the phone.
* Working autonomously to manage a caseload of our service users, including delivering a range of psychosocial interventions.
* Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake ongoing assessments, risk assessments, and appropriate referrals within the community
Hospital Liaison Worker
Location: Torbay Hospital, Torquay & Newton Abbot, Devon
Contract: Fixed Term (Until 30/06/) - Full Time
We have an exciting dynamic opportunity for a Hospital Liaison Worker to join us working between the Together recovery service and local hospitals.
About the role
The Hospital Liaison Worker is a dynamic role, working between the Together recovery service and local hospitals. Using a caring, compassionate and trauma informed approach you will be engaging with individuals who have been admitted to hospital and have a substance use support need. You will deliver a range of interventions including advice, harm reduction and structured psycho-social interventions. You will work closely alongside colleagues within the hospital to ensure that appropriate support is offered to all those in need.
The post will work within the Together integrated alcohol and other drug service to establish a high-quality hospital liaison service for patients, ensuring and providing appropriate assessments, interventions and co-developing multi-agency discharge plans and pathways to reduce relapse and hospital readmission.
Working between the local Together Hub and the local hospital, the post will ensure effective communication with relevant hospital departments (e.g. Mental Health, Hepatology & Gastroenterology, A&E, Maternity) and externally with other community services (e.g. GPs, outreach, housing and community justice services).
The post will provide advice, guidance and training to healthcare professionals in recognition, treatment & management of alcohol and other drug related problems, including the delivery of brief interventions.
As a Hospital Liaison Worker, you will be responsible for:
* Attending hospital ward rounds and maintaining good communication with hospital staff.
* Responding to hospital liaison referrals from within the hospital.
* Delivering interventions to clients face-to-face and over the phone.
* Working autonomously to manage a caseload of our service users, including delivering a range of psychosocial interventions.
* Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake ongoing assessments, risk assessments, and appropriate referrals within the community
Please note the listing will be closed as soon as sufficient applicants have been received. Interviews may be offered before the advertised interview date.
About you
Were looking for an empathic, caring and organised individual with a real passion for working in a trauma informed and recovery focused environment. Youll hold some transferable skills, ideally from working in a similar environment or sector, however,full training and support will be offered.
Youll also have:
* A knowledge and understanding of substance misuse and recovery
* Experience of managing, planning, and prioritising your own workload, delivering work of a high standard
* An understanding of safeguarding
* Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills
* The ability to work well in a team environment alongside a range of people and organisations
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Who are we
Waythrough (formerly Humankind) launched in October following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost services around England and nearly 3, amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around, people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and itll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. Thats why you will notice the jobs here are still branded Humankind. Next year well be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us and dont forget to check out the Waythrough (formerly Humankind) jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site #J-18808-Ljbffr