Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker

Overview

Are you a talented mental health clinician (Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist)? Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health? We are seeking to recruit a Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in East and North Hertfordshire. We have one role based in Stevenage and one role based in Cheshunt. We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.

Here\’s what our staff say about working in the team: \”It\\\’s a privilege to help people make the changes they want to see in their lives. I get to see about three people each day, on site, and I love my job.\”

Responsibilities

• Work with care co-ordinators and 35 – 40 service users, depending on complexity and other responsibilities
• Carry out drug and alcohol misuse assessment including assessment of personal strengths and recovery capital, and risks
• Develop recovery plans using a person-centred approach to develop, implement and evaluate needs and strengths-based care plans and risk management plans in partnership with service users, carers and other professionals
• Provide one-to-one and group interventions

What we offer

• Leadership and management training opportunities
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK\’s best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Responsibilities continued

• To liaise with professionals e.g. GP at start of treatment, at review and discharge
• To provide evidence-based drug and alcohol interventions in line with guidelines e.g. NICE, CQC, in a variety of settings promoting flexibility and choice for service users
• To maximise engagement with service users and reduce the risks both to the individual service user and to others affected by their drug and/or alcohol misuse
• To facilitate service users and carers to be involved in care and treatment
• To work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring effective communication with other team members and other professionals
• To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency clinical meetings
• To receive and participate in clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy

Qualifications and experience

• You must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• English and Maths at minimum GCSE or higher (or equivalent)
• Qualification in using Microsoft Office Applications (or demonstrable skill)
• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent e.g. Nursing, Social Work or Counselling
• Substance Misuse Training
• Training in Motivational Interviewing or other psychosocial interventions, good knowledge and understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field
• Experience of working with clients with physical and/or mental health needs including co-morbidity
• Knowledge and experience of multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc
• Experience of working in an outcomes-focused environment
• Experience of working in Health or Social Care or relevant sector
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of providing evidence based interventions
• Experience of Recovery Focused interventions
• Experience of care planning and risk assessment
• Experience of managing a caseload of drug and alcohol users

Desirable criteria

• Good working knowledge of mental health services and good practice
• Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration

About the Trust

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of \\\’Outstanding\\\’ from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout. HPFT is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, and in recent years our staff have highlighted a strong development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a values-driven culture.