Specialist Substance Misuse Worker
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £31,529.41 to £33,708.57 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | Inner London Weighting (£4,072.06) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Change Grow Live |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 2024-13377 |
Summary
At Change Grow Live, we're not just a charity; we're believers in the power of making a real difference in the lives of our Service Users. Our dedicated teams embrace our core values – 'Be open, be compassionate, and be bold' – applying them daily to create a safe, supportive environment where each user is treated as an individual. We work collaboratively to find the right treatment and care options, fostering personal growth and empowerment.
We're Hiring: Specialist Substance Misuse Worker
Our Camden team boasts a dynamic and multidisciplinary composition, including service managers, consultant psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, recovery staff, volunteers, administrators, and peer mentors. Within community mental health teams, you will also work with social workers, occupational therapists, and psychologists. Collectively, we are dedicated to delivering optimal support and medical interventions for individuals accessing our service.
About the Role:
As a Specialist Substance Misuse Worker, you'll be co-located in the Focus Community Mental Health Team.
Your role is pivotal in training and advising Mental Health core teams regarding substance misuse, encouraging joint assessments, and ensuring service users with complex needs access the right intervention at the right time.
Key Responsibilities:
Support service users from entry into the service through their treatment and recovery journey.
Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning, and onward referral.
Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the community.
Advocate for access to partnership services and promote carer, service user, and community involvement.
Train and advise Focus Homeless Outreach Team in relation to substance misuse.
Support social (re)integration, promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination.
Enhance partnership working with primary care, mental health services, housing, and voluntary organisations.
About You:
Strong understanding of substance misuse issues with relevant field experience.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with good IT skills.
Proactive, with strong case study and report writing skills.
Ability to work on own initiative, managing time effectively.
Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and best practices.
Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage change successfully, prioritising service user needs.
Commitment to information governance processes.
We're Hiring: Specialist Substance Misuse Worker
Our Camden team boasts a dynamic and multidisciplinary composition, including service managers, consultant psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, recovery staff, volunteers, administrators, and peer mentors. Within community mental health teams, you will also work with social workers, occupational therapists, and psychologists. Collectively, we are dedicated to delivering optimal support and medical interventions for individuals accessing our service.
About the Role:
As a Specialist Substance Misuse Worker, you'll be co-located in the Focus Community Mental Health Team.
Your role is pivotal in training and advising Mental Health core teams regarding substance misuse, encouraging joint assessments, and ensuring service users with complex needs access the right intervention at the right time.
Key Responsibilities:
Support service users from entry into the service through their treatment and recovery journey.
Provide screening, assessment, recovery planning, and onward referral.
Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the community.
Advocate for access to partnership services and promote carer, service user, and community involvement.
Train and advise Focus Homeless Outreach Team in relation to substance misuse.
Support social (re)integration, promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination.
Enhance partnership working with primary care, mental health services, housing, and voluntary organisations.
About You:
Strong understanding of substance misuse issues with relevant field experience.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with good IT skills.
Proactive, with strong case study and report writing skills.
Ability to work on own initiative, managing time effectively.
Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and best practices.
Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage change successfully, prioritising service user needs.
Commitment to information governance processes.