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Chesterfield Trainee Drug & Alcohol Practitioner
| Posting date: | 25 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 April 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Phoenix Futures |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 3758 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity at Derbyshire Recovery Partnership for someone who is passionate about beginning a career in the field of drug and alcohol work.
This role will be based at our Chesterfield office (42 St Mary's Gate, S41 7TH) working 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and is a 6 month fixed term contract. During the Trainee role, there may be opportunities to apply for Drug and Alcohol Practitioner vacancies within the service.
As a trainee, the role will involve developing the skill set, knowledge and competencies to become a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner, via a mixture of training, coaching and practice-based learning. The role is based in a busy community drug and alcohol service, working with people using substances in the Chesterfield area of Derbyshire. It will involve developing the skills to offer a range of harm reduction interventions, assessment, risk management and recovery focussed interventions to support our clients attain improved health outcomes and achieve their personalised treatment goals.
If you want to help other people change their lives, we'd love to have you in our team. You'll give people support and inspiration that will help them change their lives for the better.
*Job description is attached. Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description as this will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
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.
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. 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.
For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership service, visit: www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk
Applications can be made via www.phoenix-futures.org.uk
If you're unsure if this role is for you and you'd prefer to consider Volunteering within the service first, please look at the opportunities we have currently available on our Phoenix Futures website.
If you have drug/alcohol lived experience and would like to gain some skills qualifications and experience in the field of drug and alcohol work before applying for a role like this, please email us at ASCH.GRIDinfo@derbyshire.gov.uk so we can talk to you about our new lived experience substance use career pathway in Derbyshire and how it can help you.
This role will be based at our Chesterfield office (42 St Mary's Gate, S41 7TH) working 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and is a 6 month fixed term contract. During the Trainee role, there may be opportunities to apply for Drug and Alcohol Practitioner vacancies within the service.
As a trainee, the role will involve developing the skill set, knowledge and competencies to become a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner, via a mixture of training, coaching and practice-based learning. The role is based in a busy community drug and alcohol service, working with people using substances in the Chesterfield area of Derbyshire. It will involve developing the skills to offer a range of harm reduction interventions, assessment, risk management and recovery focussed interventions to support our clients attain improved health outcomes and achieve their personalised treatment goals.
If you want to help other people change their lives, we'd love to have you in our team. You'll give people support and inspiration that will help them change their lives for the better.
*Job description is attached. Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description as this will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
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.
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. 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.
For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership service, visit: www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk
Applications can be made via www.phoenix-futures.org.uk
If you're unsure if this role is for you and you'd prefer to consider Volunteering within the service first, please look at the opportunities we have currently available on our Phoenix Futures website.
If you have drug/alcohol lived experience and would like to gain some skills qualifications and experience in the field of drug and alcohol work before applying for a role like this, please email us at ASCH.GRIDinfo@derbyshire.gov.uk so we can talk to you about our new lived experience substance use career pathway in Derbyshire and how it can help you.
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