Assessment and Engagement Worker

NHS; Cannock; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cannock is looking for an experienced Assessment & Engagement Worker to enhance recovery outcomes for service users. This full-time position focuses on collaboration with service users and a multidisciplinary team to facilitate harm reduction and improve access to care. The role demands strong knowledge of substance misuse effects and experience in therapeutic techniques. Join a committed team dedicated to making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing support

In-house training and coaching

Qualifications

• Understanding the effects of substance misuse on individuals and communities.
• Willingness to undertake further professional training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality interventions within the service hub.
• Support the multi-disciplinary team effectively.
• Facilitate harm reduction interventions.
• Contribute to building recovery capital for service users.

Skills

Collaboration

Knowledge of substance misuse

CBT techniques

Motivational interviewing

Solution focused therapy

Education

Continuous Professional Development

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life?

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assessment & Engagement Worker to work with service users and multi-agency team members in an essential liaison role.

This full time, permanent position will focus on drawing in local community assets to support the delivery of recovery focussed outcomes, promoting and creating opportunities in visible recovery, harm reduction and brief interventions in the hub reception areas.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an integral part of the service in delivering high quality interventions within the hub.
• Work with and support the Inclusion multi-disciplinary team
• Facilitate harm reduction interventions
• Supporting service users who are attending the reception area of the service.
• Contributing to service users working collaboratively to build their recovery capital and ensuring positive recovery outcomes.
• Ensuring service users have scheduled appointments and remove barriers to attendance.
• Promoting visible recovery in the hub, especially in reception areas.
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
• Ensuring the reception environment is welcoming and accessible.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous Professional development
• Willingness to undertake NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Experience and Knowledge

• Understanding and awareness of the effects of substance misuse on an individual and the community
• A sound experience of working with techniques such as CBT, Motivational interviewing and Solution focused therapy

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.