Substance Use Recovery Worker

WHAT YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR:

• Effective case management of service users with substance use issues;
• To carry out comprehensive substance use assessments including assessment of personal strengths and identification of any risk factors;
• Formulate, monitor and review risk assessments and risk management plans that effectively safeguard and protect service users and families/carers from harm;
• To develop person centred recovery plans using a strengths-based approach in partnership with service users and others involved in their support network;
• Maintain a high standard of case notes and prepare and present narrative reports as required;
• Effective delivery of Group intervention sessions;
• Consistent, timely and accurate collection, recording and reporting of data and information relating to a client treatment journey;
• Ensuring achievement of key performance indicators relevant to your role;
• Effective multi-agency working with statutory and non-statutory agencies in relation to the wider presenting needs and complexities of service users;
• Deliver and support harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange and access to physical health care including BBV and health screening;
• Ensuring all paperwork and recording in accordance with Turning Point policy and procedure and follow information governance guidelines.

HOW DO YOU OPERATE:

• Demonstrate a positive attitude to your work;
• You will enjoy helping others and supporting individuals to achieve their goals;
• Being a great team member and working collaboratively will be something you enjoy;
• Maintain a high-level belief in our service user's capacity to change and model a non-judgemental approach;
• Reflective practice, learning and effective team work;
• Maintain professional boundaries and present a professional image at all times;
• Treat everyone with respect and promote individuals equality, diversity and rights.

WHAT YOU NEED:

• Essential: Substance use knowledge;
• Experience and knowledge of effective caseload management;
• Demonstrable skills and knowledge in assessing risk presented by clients to themselves and others;
• Knowledge of engagement and intervention strategies;
• Harm reduction, suicide and self-harm aware;
• Organised with IT skills;
• Ability to manage own time, prioritise activities and maintain accountability for your work;
• Experience of working in partnership with different agencies;
• Maintain clear professional boundaries.

Role Expectations

• PEOPLE:
• Working as part of a team with colleagues including providing cover for planned and unplanned absences;
• Actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and other service meetings;
• Thorough and timely communication with partner agencies e.g. GPs, Safeguarding, Criminal Justice Partners;
• Undertaking training to enhance skills, knowledge and practice;
• Seeking advice from colleagues, subject matter experts, clinical staff and managers to support practice;
• Actively engaging in your own supervision, Ongoing Personal Review and Personal Development Planning Process;
• Representing Turning Point and Turning Point’s organisational values at meetings and events;
• Ensuring an environment free from discrimination;
• Prioritising safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and escalating any concerns.

• PROCESS:
• Providing high quality case management to a caseload of service users including assessment, recovery planning, risk assessments and case reviews ensuring completion within organisational policy timescales;
• Delivery of psychosocial treatment interventions in groups and on a 1:2:1 basis;
• Supporting service users to access clinical interventions where required including engaging in clinical reviews, ensuring these occur within organisational policy;
• Providing prescription to service users where these are not posted to pharmacies;
• Distributing and training service users in naloxone;
• Delivering harm reduction advice including distributing clean injecting equipment through needle syringe programmes;
• Completing urine testing and dry blood spot testing following appropriate infection control procedures;
• Ensuring access to Recovery Support interventions including onward referrals;
• High quality record keeping for service users in treatment;
• Completing all tasks and documentation to ensure achievement of key performance indicators relevant to your role;
• Writing reports as required (e.g. safeguarding reports).