Service Practice Lead - Social Worker in Doncaster

Aspire has a variety of multi-disciplinary teams based in and around Doncaster delivering psychosocial interventions to individuals with problematic drug and alcohol use. The teams specialise in parental substance misuse, criminal justice, outreach, group work, early intervention, assessments and provide services at community hubs.

The successful candidate will join the Senior Leadership Team and focus on ensuring non-clinical practice across the service is coherent, complementary, of high quality and recovery orientated. They will take the lead on practice development and monitor against associated governance. If you are a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England, with experience or an interest in working in a specialist field and lead the growth of Social Workers under a Principal Social Worker, we would like to hear from you.

NOTE: The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.

The role will embed reflective practice into the service culture and values. Support the quality of student placements, traineeships, ASYE programmes and Practice Educators to ensure they are compliant with requirements, and the quality is of a high standard. We are looking for someone with a track record of delivering improvement and innovation, who is forward thinking and driven by professional curiosity and the attainment of high standards of service delivery. Although the principal accountability is practice orientated, as a member of the senior leadership team there are specific operational management duties and an expectation the role will support operational managers when required.

The Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS) is a registered charity that has been transforming the lives of people affected by problematic drugs and alcohol use for over 40 years. Aspire is a partnership between ADS and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH). It combines the strengths of both NHS provision under the leadership of a consultant with the strengths of the voluntary sector provided by ADS. The partnership has worked together for over 20 years providing Drug and Alcohol Services to our local communities. It is a forward-thinking and innovative partnership that works closely with the recovery communities it serves to provide flexible, responsive services which offer the best possible outcomes for its service users and community. It is a very exciting time to be working in the drug and alcohol field with significant new practice and career developments.

• Ensure non-clinical practice across the service area is coherent, complementary, high quality and recovery orientated.
• To lead the development and monitoring of non-clinical practice and the associated governance processes ensuring they are complementary and integrated with clinical practice.
• Practice Operational Management Administration.

• L3 Tackling Substance Misuse or equivalent
• L3 in Leadership and Management or equivalent
• Microsoft Office
• Registered with Social Work England

• Experience and understanding of case note and report writing.
• Experience of working directly with people with problematic substance use delivering effective recovery orientated interventions.
• Experience and understanding of multidisciplinary working.
• Knowledge of mental health issues.
• Experience of professional supervision of practitioners.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.