Hospital Liaison Worker

Smiley & Co, Ltd.; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job description

Location: Sheffield

Salary: £24,020 - £30,790 per annum

Our clients vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. They tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

They have almost 200 services around England and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year their services support around 125,000 people.

The Role

Using a caring, compassionate and trauma informed approach you will be engaging with individuals who have been admitted to hospital and have a substance use support need. You will deliver a range of interventions including advice, harm reduction and structured psycho-social interventions. You will work closely alongside colleagues within the hospital to ensure that appropriate support is offered to all those in need.

The post will work within the Likewise alcohol and other drug service to establish a high quality hospital liaison service for patients; ensuring and providing appropriate assessments, interventions and co-developing multi-agency discharge plans and pathways to reduce relapse and hospital readmission.

Based within the local hospitals, the post will ensure effective communication with relevant hospital departments (e.g. Mental Health, Hepatology & Gastroenterology, A&E, Maternity) and externally with Together and other community services (e.g. GPs, outreach, housing and community justice services).

The post will provide advice, guidance and training to healthcare professionals in recognition, treatment & management of alcohol and other drug related problems, including the delivery of brief interventions.

As a Hospital Liaison Worker, you will be responsible for:

1. Attending hospital ward rounds and maintaining good communication with hospital staff.
2. Responding to hospital liaison referrals from within the hospital.
3. Delivering interventions to clients face-to-face and over the phone.
4. Working autonomously to manage a caseload of their service users, including delivering a range of psychosocial interventions.
5. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake ongoing assessments, risk assessments, and appropriate referrals within the community.

Skills And Qualifications

1. A knowledge and understanding of substance misuse and recovery.
2. Experience of managing, planning, and prioritising your own workload, delivering work of a high standard.
3. An understanding of safeguarding.
4. Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills.
5. The ability to work well in a team environment alongside a range of people and organisations.

Benefits

1. Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years service).
2. Annual leave purchase scheme.
3. Enhanced occupational sick pay.
4. Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension.
5. Death in service benefit.
6. Free Will writing.
7. Eyecare vouchers.
8. Blue light card discount.
9. Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses.
10. Work-life balance- flexible working and family-friendly policies.
11. Happy, Healthy You! their wellbeing offers for their workforce.
12. Employee Assist Programme and Support Networks.

To Apply

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