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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Addictions Clinical & Assessment Support Worker to perform drug and alcohol assessments, brief interventions, and prepare FP10 prescriptions under supervision. You will contribute to care planning and patient assessments within a multidisciplinary team and promote recovery values across the service.

You will work with the Alcohol Care Team and external partners, supporting structured treatment and triage while maintaining high quality standards and

Qualifications

• Experience conducting drug and alcohol assessments.
• Ability to perform brief interventions and motivational interviewing.
• Competence in care planning and risk assessment under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide drug and alcohol assessments and brief interventions.
• Prepare prescriptions for printing and recording on FP10 records.
• Participate in care planning and evaluation of patients’ needs.
• Embed recovery values within the service alongside peers and external agencies.
• Conduct triage and assessments in a timely manner.
• Support MDT and bridging treatment gaps in the community.

Skills

Drug & alcohol assessments

Motivational interviewing

Triage

Care planning

Risk assessment

Prescription support

Tools

FP10 records

Job description

Addictions Clinical & Assessment Support Worker | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Addictions Clinical Support Worker will be able to provide drug and alcohol assessments, brief interventions, prepare prescriptions for printing and recording on FP10 records. Participating in the care planning, provision and evaluation of patients’ needs under the supervision of trained staff.

The clinical support worker will take a lead role in embedding recovery values within the service setting in which they work, alongside peer support workers from other agencies in Addictions and act as an ambassador of recovery for the Addictions Directorate with external agencies and partner organisations.

The clinical support worker will promote their role, through the provision of information and a range of Learning opportunities for the multidisciplinary teams and others across the Addictions Directorate.

To work under the supervision of line management .

As a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, the clinical support worker will work with members of the MDT. The Addictions Clinical Support Worker will support service users to engage in structured treatment and will complete triage & assessments in a timely manner (e.g. liaising with the Alcohol Care Team at West Middlesex Hospital when referring patients to ARC Hounslow.)

• The post holder will take a predominant role in providing duty and full comprehensive assessments to clients who are referred or present to the service.
• To contribute in reviewing and processing all referrals presented to the ARC team via emails or self-referral.
• To be able to assess and triage drug-using clients discharged from hospital , applying the precepts of harm minimisation and provide support to the clinical team in bridging treatment gaps in the community.
• To use agreed and established Outcome Monitoring Tools (e.g. TOPS, CRFs etc.) and any other relevant quality measures.
• To use motivational interviewing, relapse management and other evidence-based interventions.
• To ensure full risk assessment and risk management is delivered effectively, under supervision.
• To ensure the highest quality of service is delivered by following local and national quality and performance standards, guidance, protocols, procedures and practice guidelines.
• To ensuring that all work is performed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, including the Serious Incident policy.
• To prepare, print and log prescriptions for the team under the supervision under supervision of the clinical team.

The Addictions Directorate with CNWL Foundation Trust is a large, well-established provider which offers a wide range of specialist NHS drug and alcohol treatment interventions to the diverse and multicultural populations in Central and North West London. We also run Smoking Cessation Services, a National Gambling Service and a Club Drug Clinic.

Our substance use services are dedicated to helping reduce the harm caused by substance misuse dependency; helping people overcome their dependency on substances and helping clients and their families rebuild their lives and enable recovery. We are committed to working in partnership with other providers and service users in local systems of treatment and recovery.

CNWL is committed to providing high quality, evidence-based treatment options and is a learning organisation which promotes staff competence and training and values clinical governance, audit and research. We are linked with Imperial College, University of London, University College London and numerous other local universities and are committed to evaluating our services and developing new and innovative approaches.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Please note:This vacancy doesnotmeet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. “Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and continuously held a Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.\