Specialist Recovery Practitioner
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 4JH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-1168 |
Summary
For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert. Main Responsibilities To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team which provides a range of specialist services to service users presenting with substance use issues, including alcohol. Including delivering evidence-based interventions such as: harm minimisation approaches, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, care planning individual intervention, health education and detoxification programmes, mindfulness, counselling and group work in 1-1 and group work settings. To make continuous assessments of the psychological, emotional, social and rehabilitative needs of clients, taking into account the needs of family, local community and developing care plans and evaluation of these plans. To be able to assess and case manage clients who inject drugs, in particular assessing injection sites and be conversant with the precepts of harm minimisation, taking a predominant role in providing duty assessments to clients who are new to the service. To ensure compliance of, and use agreed and established Outcome Monitoring Tools and any other relevant quality measures to support the delivery of contracted service. Work with internal and external colleagues to ensure the best practice is shared and knowledge is available to the to ensure services meet required standards, are evidence-based and demonstrate impact in terms of a recovery orientation. Leading on an area of specialism, where appropriate. To manage the transfer of individuals between agencies and services. To promote across the service and ensure full risk assessments and risk management is delivered effectively, under supervision. To ensure an understanding, compliance with and implementation of clinical governance.