Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

TipTopJob; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in the UK is seeking Drug and Alcohol Practitioners to provide support within an integrated healthcare framework. The role involves managing a caseload, delivering treatment programs, and collaborating with partner agencies to ensure continuity of care for clients. Benefits include flexible working, training opportunities, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Crisis Loan Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

3 x Wellbeing Days

Access to Blue Light Card

25 days Annual Leave

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service Payment

Critical Illness Insurance

Qualifications

• Manage a caseload and provide harm reduction advice.
• Deliver structured 1:1 and group work sessions.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over.
• Contribute to targets set by Forward and local commissioners.

Skills

Flexibility

Cooperative working

Job description

Location: Southend on Sea

Salary: A GBP 24,000 per annum, plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Here at Forward Trust, we are looking for 3 Drug and Alcohol Practitioners. You will be working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over (dependent on service). Services are designed to deliver Psychosocial Drug and Alcohol Interventions for Service users that are identified as having an Alcohol or drug problem. Services will deliver client centred treatment using both harm reduction and abstinence based treatment approaches depending on the requirements of the individual client.

You will be required to manage a caseload, provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group:work sessions including structured treatment programmes. Through care and integration with other services such as Housing, Employment, Healthcare services, Probation and CRCs are an essential element of the work. You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners.

One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co:operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role Flexibility will be required in this role, this may include some evening/weekend shift with reasonable notice to deliver services, enabling continuity of care for the client group.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

Benefits

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits :

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro ratad for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme : Employer matched contributions of up to 6 in the first two years service and up to 9 thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
  
  

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

careers.forwardtrust.uk/vacancies/91/drug:and:alcohol:practitioner.html