Drugs and Alcohol Outreach and Engagement Practitioner
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,720 to £31,542 per year |
| Additional salary information: | including London Weighting where appropriate |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Woking, Surrey |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | JOB0000529 |
Summary
Would you like to help improve the health and wellbeing of those with drug and alcohol issues?
The Role
This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals.
Your role will include:
• Supporting client re-engagement into treatment services.
• Reducing unsuccessful discharges and increase positive outcomes for our clients.
• Delivering excellent drug and alcohol services to service users and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• Managing a case load, coordinating, and delivered assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Supporting volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives, engaging them to actively take part in i-access services.
• Co-facilitating SMART Recovery Groups and Recovery Café.
The Service
i-access is an integrated service delivered in partnership by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust (SABP) and Via. It is commissioned to provide substance misuse treatment for people aged 18 and onwards within Surrey.
Location
The role is Surrey wide with an admin base in Woking, Surrey. At times may involve travel to other i-access locations as needed.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
For an informal chat about the role please contact Titania May, Service Manager on 07977 847361 or Titania.May@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 26 May at midnight.
Interviews will take place week commencing 3rd June 2024.
The Role
This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals.
Your role will include:
• Supporting client re-engagement into treatment services.
• Reducing unsuccessful discharges and increase positive outcomes for our clients.
• Delivering excellent drug and alcohol services to service users and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
• Managing a case load, coordinating, and delivered assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Supporting volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives, engaging them to actively take part in i-access services.
• Co-facilitating SMART Recovery Groups and Recovery Café.
The Service
i-access is an integrated service delivered in partnership by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust (SABP) and Via. It is commissioned to provide substance misuse treatment for people aged 18 and onwards within Surrey.
Location
The role is Surrey wide with an admin base in Woking, Surrey. At times may involve travel to other i-access locations as needed.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
For an informal chat about the role please contact Titania May, Service Manager on 07977 847361 or Titania.May@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 26 May at midnight.
Interviews will take place week commencing 3rd June 2024.
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