Substance Misuse Groupwork Practitioner
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,905.00 to £31,611.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25905.00 - £31611.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Location: | Doncaster, DN1 2EZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0261-25-0019 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: Group Work Practitioner REPORTS TO: Senior Group Work Practitioner BASE: In order to meet the needs of the service you will be required to work across multiple base points. ADS reserve the right to change your normal place of work to any other location within the service this may include any of the bases used by the service and agencies that it works in partnership with. OBJECTIVES OF POST: To provide evidenced based group work and one to one interventions with service users. Develop volunteers, mentors and their role within the service. To line manage Group Workers Assess service users for their suitability for group work Develop an individual structured programme of activities as a result of assessment and care planning. Provide advice and support and consultation to other agencies working with service users who have substance needs Work with service users on a one-to-one basis delivering where appropriate, psychosocial and psychological interventions Support service users to utilise structured group work. To be responsible for risk management plans, take appropriate action and to escalate concerns as necessary in line with policies and procedures. Ensure that all safeguarding issues, including child protection and protection of vulnerable adults, are dealt with in accordance with policies and procedures. To liaise with a range of professionals verbally and in writing where required Support and promote access to mutual aid groups and peer support groups. Support the development of monitoring and evaluation systems for completion of statistical and written reports. Network, establish and maintain working relationships and protocols with community based services, other agencies and professionals. Promote personal independence and responsibility. Support the development of and facilitate group work activities across the service Group work Practitioner Page 3 of 10 To work as part of multidisciplinary team Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate levels of care are in line with the service model. To support the recruitment and training of peer mentors and volunteers, To support and monitor the risk management of volunteers and mentors and service users To support mentors with positive exit plans into voluntary work, meaningful occupation, training, education or employment Ensure the smooth day to day running of the service in relation to volunteers/peer mentors. To contribute fully to meetings, in particular feeding back on service users progress. To assist in the delivery of peer mentor training programme across the service where appropriate and required Undertake data collection, inputting and data transfer as required To provide one to one support sessions for service users participating in group work To provide advice and information to service users about the range of services on offer both within the statutory and non-statutory sector and assist service users in accessing these. To keep up to date case notes, in line with policy, ensuring all interactions regarding service users are documented. Maintain the security and confidentiality of information, ensuring that such information is handled with discretion and maintained securely in the appropriate systems. To contribute to the maintenance of effective communications across the service by receiving and giving accurate messages/information to all levels of staff, service users and other professionals who make contact with the team. Undertake diary management, using own diary and the shared team outlook diary.