Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting salary £26,298; potential to£

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Eye-care vouchers

Wellbeing talks and activities

Training and career development

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS-related training and discounts

Job summary

Phoenix Futures Group is recruiting a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner for our Chesterfield site. You will manage a caseload of service users, delivering harm reduction interventions and structured care planning to support recovery goals.

The role involves one-to-one support, group work, and close collaboration with recovery connectors, employment workers, rehab workers, counsellors and clinical colleagues. A driving licence is required for travel between sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in drug and alcohol use, and/or lived experience is welcomed.
• Strong communication and organisational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users with drug and alcohol issues.
• Deliver harm reduction interventions and one-to-one care planning.
• Facilitate group work sessions and liaise with partner agencies to support recovery.

Skills

Experience in substance use treatment

Motivation to support recovery

Job description

Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

Want to develop a career working in substance use treatment? Then come to work with our passionate and dedicated team, committed to supporting a change in the lives of those using drugs and alcohol.

The Role

This role will be based at our Chesterfield site, working 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday 9am-5pm on a permanent contract. We are looking for an experienced Drug and Alcohol Practitioner to join our Chesterfield team, managing a caseload of service users presenting with drug and alcohol issues in the Chesterfield area of the Derbyshire county. The role will involve offering a range of harm reduction interventions and structured key working, helping engage service users in a care-planned and recovery focussed way to attain improved health outcomes and achieve their personalised treatment goals. This will involve you effectively organising and delivering 1-2-1 care-planned support and facilitating group work sessions as required, using appropriate models, interventions and approaches tailored to meet the individual needs of service users. Furthermore, you will support them in their individual, person-centred journey to build recovery capital by partnership working with other support agencies and local projects. You will work closely with specialist teams within our service, including recovery connectors, employment workers, rehab workers, counsellors and clinical colleagues.

You will need to have a driving licence and use of a vehicle for work in this role, due to the rurality of Derbyshire and travelling between our Chesterfield town centre office base and satellite site in north Chesterfield.

Full role training and shadowing opportunities will be included as part of your induction.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

If you want to help other people change their lives, we'd love to have you in our team. You'll give people support and inspiration that will help them change their lives for the better.

The Location

This role will be based in the Chesterfield area of Derbyshire. There is a staff car park on site. This wonderful, diverse team is knowledgeable and supportive, with a wealth of knowledge to impart.

About You

We are keen to hear from anyone with experience of working within the field of drug and alcohol use, and/or has lived experience, and is very motivated and passionate about recovery and supporting others.

We welcome applications from individuals that have good communication skills, both written and verbal, are highly motivated, can use their own initiative, and have good organisational and diary management skills. Administrative skills are also vital for this role to maintain good record keeping and to have a keen eye for data detail.

You will need to have a driving licence and use of a vehicle for work in this role, due to the rurality of Derbyshire and travelling between our Chesterfield town centre office base and satellite site in north Chesterfield.

Your Rewards

• Starting salary of £26,298 with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £28,000 per annum(pro rata)


• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days) (pro rata)


• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance


• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities


• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system


• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access


• Staff have access to some NHS-related training and opportunity to apply for discounts eg Blue Light.


• A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.


• We’ll ensure you get all the training and support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.

About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with almost 60 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.