Outreach Practitioner

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Wolverton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyd's Register International invites applications for an Outreach Practitioner to work with people who use substances in the Sandwell area. The DEMO project supports those with complex health concerns, engaging them in harm reduction approaches and linking to wider services.

You will join a team led by the DEMO Advanced Nurse Practitioner, handle near-fatal overdose response coordination, and use Microsoft tools and case management systems to document care.

Qualifications

• Excellent engagement, communication, listening and organisational skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing needs of a vulnerable target group.
• Ability to work with Microsoft programs and case management systems.
• Experience in harm reduction or related health/social care settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Engage with people who use substances in the Sandwell area.
• Coordinate responses to near-fatal overdoses to reduce risk and harm.
• Deliver harm reduction interventions and support engagement with health services.

Skills

Engagement

Communication

Listening

Organisational

Case management systems

Microsoft Office

Tools

Case management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Outreach Practitioner

Job title: Outreach Practitioner for DEMO

Salary: £26,140-£31,400papro rata, depending on skills and experience

Hours:35 hoursper week

Location: Sandwell area

Contract:Permanent

Job reference number: 1762

A unique, exciting opportunity has arisen within the service to join us as our Dynamic-Evolving Model of Outreach (DEMO) Practitioner.

This role will specifically support people who use substances and have little or no contact with the drug service in Sandwell. This will include those who inject drugs in public spaces and others with complex health concerns. Engaging with the core Sandwell drug service will not necessarily be an expected outcome of the DEMO project but being supported in their own space is the offer.

You will be part of a team led by the DEMO Advanced Nurse Practitioner, and supported by Sandwell peers, delivering harm reduction approaches and interventions, and supporting engagement around health issues with this very vulnerable and excluded group of people who inject drugs in the local area.

The successful candidate will have excellent engagement, communication, listening and organisational skills and can adapt to the ever-changing needs and circumstances of the target group. The DEMO Practitioner will continuously assess dynamic risks, providing a service which is risk alert not risk averse, and assist individuals to reduce the risk and harms they experience and work towards improving health outcomes, where this is someone’s aims.

An important part of this role is in responding quickly and effectively to near-fatal overdoses among the client group, coordinating the response to reduce the risk of a further overdose, with a fatal outcome.

You will need to have good writing and computing skills and be able to work confidently with all Microsoft programs and case management systems. You will need to be able to use a range of ways to bring the service to this group of individuals, including on foot and in vehicles. You will need courage and confidence to engage with people on their turf – sometimes in isolated and hidden spaces.

You will need to have highly developed advocacy skills to assist these individuals to engage with and benefit from wider social care, healthcare, benefits, housing and other services.

The most important things you will bring to this role are your commitment to meeting people where they’re at, an ability to build connections with people, a passion for and ability to implement harm reduction approaches, integrity, positive attitude, enthusiasm, motivation, flexibility and ability to use initiative and deliver the service with a trauma informed approach. Experience of developing and working in partnership with peers, your colleagues in the core service and other agencies is essential.

You will be required to work some evenings, and some unsociable hours in order to meet our service delivery requirements.

Applicants must be able to provide satisfactory evidence of their right to work in the UK at the application stage.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

Closing Date: Sunday 13 September 2026

Interview Date(s): September 2026