Substance Misuse Worker

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£14.00 per hour
Luton , Bedfordshire
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Posted by Building Recruitment Company
Substance Misuse Support Worker (Criminal Justice Team)

LOCATION: Luton
SALARY: £14.08 Basic
DURATION: Temporary (ongoing)
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri (9am-5pm)
 
Overview:
  • You will hold a small caseload of clients with Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR’s) / Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR’s) and will carry out DRR and ATR assessments.
Day to Day Duties:
  • Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
  • Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
  • Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
  • Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
  • Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
  • Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
  • Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
  • Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
  • Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
  • Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc 
Person Specification:
  • Experience having worked with individuals with substance misuse problems is essential.
  • CRiiS experience would be beneficial
For more information on these roles please contact Emily Rex on .

Reference: 53096751

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