Detox Worker - Forward Leeds - UK Driving License Essential

St Annes Community Services; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service in Leeds is looking for a dedicated professional to support individuals affected by alcohol. The role involves managing a caseload, conducting assessments, and collaborating with healthcare providers to facilitate access to treatment options. A UK driving license is essential for this position, and opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

20 to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme

Ongoing training and career development

Cycle To Work scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Group Personal Pension Scheme

Discounted income protection scheme

Free car parking

Free life assurance cover

Qualifications

• UK driving license is essential.
• All staff are expected to complete mandatory training requirements and keep training up to date.
• Excellent communication and collaborative working skills in community settings.

Responsibilities

• Organise face to face appointments and deliver therapeutic sessions.
• Link with healthcare providers and work holistically with service users.
• Identify unmet needs within the service and collaborate with agencies.
• Manage a caseload and support positive outcomes for service users.

Skills

Excellent communication

Collaborative working

Job description

Overview

Working within a team located across Leeds you will support and provide interventions to people affected by alcohol, within a range of community settings. This role aims to address unmet needs of people who have difficulties engaging with conventional treatment systems. You will be responsive and complete timely community-based assessments, collaborating with community providers to ensure accessible treatment options. A UK driving license is essential.

St Annes staff based within Forward Leeds have access to training and personal development opportunities via the Forward Leeds consortium.

Responsibilities

• Organise face to face appointments and deliver therapeutic sessions including safe alcohol reduction plans, risk assessments and harm reduction/relapse prevention work.
• Link with GPs, Healthcare Assistants, Hospital Teams, and Rehab Facilities to work holistically in supporting service users to achieve their planned treatment goals.
• Use your own initiative to identify unmet needs within the service and work collaboratively with partnership agencies.
• Be responsible for your own caseload of service users and work with the Team Manager and Senior Detox Practitioner to deliver positive outcomes.
• Support for those wishing to detox from alcohol, whether through a residential setting or a community detox pathway, ensuring the service user and their family have access to appropriate care coordinated in a person-centred approach.
• Be fully supported by the Service Manager, Team Manager and Senior Detox Practitioner and have access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.

Requirements

• UK driving license is essential.
• All staff are expected to complete mandatory training requirements and keep training up to date.
• Excellent communication and collaborative working skills in community settings.

Benefits

• Rising 20 to 25 days plus statutory bank holidays
• 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
• Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
• Cycle To Work scheme
• Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
• Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
• Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Discounted income protection scheme
• Free car parking at most services
• Free life assurance cover