Community Recovery Practitioner (COMHAD)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Community Recovery Practitioner to support individuals facing co-occurring mental health and substance use challenges. This role involves conducting assessments, facilitating group interventions, and providing personalized support. Ideal candidates should have relevant qualifications, experience in mental health settings, and strong communication skills. The position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on service users' lives.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development is essential.
• Experience in mental health is necessary.
• Proven ability to engage with service users effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build respectful relationships with service users.
• Maintain accurate written and electronic records.
• Participate in supervision and appraisal processes.

Skills

Communication

Group facilitation

Substance management skills

Documentation skills

Education

Drug and alcohol qualification

Good level of education

NVQ in healthcare or similar

Job description

Community Recovery Practitioner (COMHAD)

The Community Recovery Practitioner will work under the guidance of the COMHAD (Co-occurring Mental Health, Alcohol and Drugs) Specialist Practitioner to support service users with co-occurring mental health, alcohol, and drug difficulties. The role involves delivering both individualised and group psycho-social interventions aimed at promoting harm reduction, resilience, and recovery. The practitioner will work both autonomously and collaboratively with Hub partners in a person-centred and holistic manner.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct timelyscreening and assessmentof substance misuse needs.
• Deliverpersonalised psycho-social interventionsto promote recovery and self-management.
• Facilitategroup interventionsrelated to substance misuse.
• Promote understanding of the impact of substance misuse on mental and physical health.
• Encourage engagement withphysical health and wellbeing services.
• Championparity of accessto mental health services for those using substances.
• Support the COMHAD principles of"no wrong door"and"everybody's business".

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

• Communication: Build respectful relationships with service users, guide them through therapeutic activities, and report progress to teams and partners.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate written and electronic records in line with Trust standards.
• Leadership & Supervision: Participate in supervision and appraisal processes.
• Training: Contribute to staff and student training on substance-related topics.
• Service Development: Ensure safe and compliant environments, support legal and safety procedures.
• Professional Development: Engage in ongoing training and maintain a personal development record.
• Clinical Governance: Participate in quality improvement and governance activities.
• Resource Management: Manage stock and advise on necessary resources.
• Research & Development: Apply current substance management techniques and contribute to audits and evaluations.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Good level of education
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
• Drug and alcohol qualification
• NVQ in healthcare or similar

Experience

• Experience facilitating group interventions related to substance misuse.
• Experience working both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with documentation and reporting, including writing reports and maintaining records
• Experience working in a mental health setting.
• Experience supporting individuals with personal mental health difficulties or caring for someone with such challenges.
• Experience contributing to service development, such as audits or quality improvement initiatives

Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding of co-occurring mental health and substance misuse needs
• Ability to teach practical substance management skills to service users
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and group facilitation
• Knowledge of Health and Safety and risk awareness procedure
• Ability to plan and organise group intervention
• Understanding of professional conduct and ability to work under pressure

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.