Senior Substance Use Worker in Nottingham

Location: Wellbeing Hub, 73 Hounds Gate, Nottingham

Salary: Band 5 £32,073 - £34,592

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time - 37 hours per week

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person to join the Nottingham Recovery Networks Recovery Case Management Teams. The role will have its own caseload and support individuals who have substance use issues including alcohol and prescribed medications to manage their dependent drug use, usually OST, and who need recovery related support, advice and guidance.

As you will be the next point of contact following Triage, working with people early in their treatment journey, people and motivational skills will be essential to make clients feel safe, comfortable and reassured that they are in good hands. The successful candidate will use their experience to provide high quality evidenced based substance use treatment to adults with dependence on substances in line with national guidance. This will include 1-2-1 advice and structured treatment.

The post holder will proactively maintain contact with service users striving for positive outcomes for all to include where possible the attainment or maintenance of abstinence. The post holder is required to be competent and autonomous in dealing with more complex cases and will have the experience and knowledge to competently advise more junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide highly effective recovery case management. This will include effective management of service users who are prescribed OST or require medication to address alcohol dependence.
• To carry out highly effective 1-2-1 interventions to support clients towards their recovery goals.
• To formulate appropriate and structured care plans ensuring service users receive evidence-based interventions and assist in the delivery of structured care plans.
• Key working with service users to build successful and trusting relationships and providing Harm Reduction interventions.
• To maintain appropriate records and case notes in line with the service outcomes.
• Care planning, risk assessment and risk management.
• Have responsibility for supporting and mentoring more junior members of staff.
• Participation in MDT forums for supervision, learning and development.

The successful candidate for the role of Senior Substance Use Worker will have:

• At least a Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent or be willing to work towards.
• Degree level knowledge in Health/Social Care or other relevant applicable field (desirable).
• Professional Training/Qualifications in another relevant area e.g. counselling, psychotherapy etc (desirable).
• Extensive experience of working with alcohol or drug users in a similar role.
• Experience of utilising psychosocial interventions (e.g. motivational interviewing, CBT) to initiate change.
• A genuine passion for working with vulnerable people with substance misuse problems.
• Knowledge and understanding of the recovery process.

Why Join Us?

We invest in you and encourage career progression providing a full induction, e-learning and classroom training, management development pathways, fully-funded professional qualifications and more. Your wellbeing is important to us. We emphasise wellbeing in all our working environments and employ a Wellbeing Practitioner to support our staff.

Employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice schemes. Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid sick leave. 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays increasing with service. Paid DBS and Update Service. Loyalty awards and non-contributory life insurance.

Equality and diversity is important to us: we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and cultures, and appreciate the variety of experience they provide. As one of Nottingham's few Disability Confident Leaders, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities.

Framework is incredibly proud to hold Investors in People (IIP) Gold accreditation. This accreditation recognises our continued commitment to creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework. Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

As an organisation we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates as our roles do not come under the Shortage Occupancy List (SOL) for the scheme. Any non-UK citizen who wishes to apply for a role within Framework would need to be able to provide valid RTW in the UK without the need for support from us.