Substance Misuse Groupwork Practitioner

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Substance Misuse Groupwork Practitioner to work in Donacater on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Substance Misuse Groupwork Practitioner job is £24,657 – £30,088 per annum.

Benefits:

• Salary £24657 – £30088 Depending on experience.
• Generous annual leave, 29 days annual leave per annum, rising to 31 after 2 years’ service and 34 after 5; plus, Public Holidays
• Attractive Pension Package (6% employer contribution)
• Health Scheme
• Training opportunities in line with the personalised learning and development plan
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Along with joining ADS at a time of exciting and fast-growing change. 

Main Duties:

• Assess service users for their suitability for group work
• Develop an individual structured programme of activities as a result of assessment and care planning.
• Provide advice and support and consultation to other agencies working with service users who have substance needs
• Work with service users on a one-to-one basis delivering where appropriate, psychosocial and psychological interventions
• Support service users to utilise structured group work.
• To be responsible for risk management plans, take appropriate action and to escalate concerns as necessary in line with policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all safeguarding issues, including child protection and protection of vulnerable adults, are dealt with in accordance with policies and procedures.
• To liaise with a range of professionals verbally and in writing where required
• Support and promote access to mutual aid groups and peer support groups.
• Support the development of monitoring and evaluation systems for completion of statistical and written reports.
• Network, establish and maintain working relationships and protocols with community- based services, other agencies and professionals.
• Promote personal independence and responsibility.
• Support the development of and facilitate group work activities across the service

Requirements of the Substance Misuse Groupwork Practitioner:

• Relevant Degree in a related subject e.g., Social Work, Psychology, Counselling OR L3 Diploma in Health & Social Care/Level 3 Tackling Substance Misuse or equivalent
• Group work Skills
• Microsoft Office including outlook, word, excel
• Level 3 Management Qualification e.g., ILM
• Knowledge and understanding of electronic operating systems e.g., SystmOne

Contact:

This Substance Misuse Groupwork Practitioner job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.