Extended Brief Interventions Recovery Practitioner - Southwark

Service Care Solutions Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A health solutions provider in South East London is seeking an EBI Recovery Practitioner to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to caseload management. The ideal candidate will support service users through their recovery journey, conduct home visits, and provide assessments. Strong communication skills and experience in substance misuse are essential for this role offering competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience in the field.
• Ability to communicate effectively with service users and professionals.
• Proactive attitude with excellent time management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure MDT approach to caseload management.
• Provide rapid and flexible interventions to meet service user needs.
• Support social reintegration and promote recovery.

Skills

Understanding of substance misuse issues

Experience with diverse service users

Excellent verbal and written communication

Good IT skills

Proactive and good time management

Knowledge of mental health interventions

Strong interpersonal skills

Job description

Job Title: EBI Recovery Practitioner
Location: South East London
Rate: £22-£23 P/H Ltd Umbrella (£20.33 PAYE Inclusive)

About the role:

• Ensure a MDT approach to caseload management to encourage lead agencies who are involved to actively supporting service users.
• Utilise home visits and community venues for one to one and group work sessions.
• To provide rapid and flexible interventions where required to meet the needs of the service users
• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of working with service users with a range of needs,
  such as mental health, physical heath and criminal justice.
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others