Rough Sleeper Recovery Coordinator

NHS; Bolton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Rough Sleeper Drug and Alcohol Team to provide innovative, trauma-informed addiction treatment. Engage and support individuals facing homelessness through community outreach while collaborating with multidisciplinary professionals to deliver tailored care solutions.

Benefits

Pay enhancements for evenings and weekends

27-33 days annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card discounts

Qualifications

• Educated to diploma/NVQ 3 level or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience working with service users in health or social care.
• Experience with substance misuse and homelessness.

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based engagement and brief interventions.
• Outreach to homeless individuals and connect them with services.
• Case manage identified service users with substance misuse problems.

Skills

Experience in health or social care

Knowledge of substance misuse

Community engagement

Education

Level 3 NVQ in health

Further specialist training willingness

Job description

The Rough Sleeper Drug and Alcohol (RSDA) Team is an exciting and innovative team which provides a bespoke, assertive outreach, trauma informed addictions treatment model to those with substance misuse needs for those at risk of becoming homeless or are homeless.

The team is a Multi-Disciplinary Team of Consultant Psychiatry, Non-Medical Prescribers, Assertive Outreach workers, Recovery Coordinators, Neuropsychology and a Mental Health Practitioner.

The service is aimed at supporting people facing multiple needs and exclusion leading to them having difficulty in finding and sustaining suitable accommodation and increasing their risk of recurring homelessness.

As the post holder you have demonstrable experience of working in a health or social care setting and level 3 NVQ in health or equivalent experience. Knowledge of substance misuse and and its affects.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide community-based engagement, assessment and brief interventions to service users with substance misuse needs. The post holder will be part of the RSDA Team and will work alongside Local Authority staff, Rough Sleeper Initiative and Housing First Dual Diagnosis Practitioners, police and homeless outreach workers providing support to rough sleepers both through drop-in clinics at day centres or directly on the street whilst working alongside outreach workers.

To actively outreach to the homeless by connecting with them in their communities.

You willoffer advice, information, advocacy and support tohomelesssubstancemisusers, providinga range of interventions dependent on the needs of theindividual.

Within the bounds ofsafeguarding andconfidentiality youwilluse amultidisciplinary assessment approachwhen assessing the needs of the individual, taking care to build trustto increase their engagement with services.

Tocase managea small case load ofidentifiedservice userswith substance misuse problems, keeping them fully informed of the range of services,support available to them and the choices they have.Whilst ensuring thattheyare involved in developing realisticrecoveryplans and facilitating access toclinical,psychosocial, health, housinginterventionsand other services in their own communities.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

Education and Experience

• Educated to diploma/NVQ 3 level (or equivalent demonstrable experience in a health or social care setting) and willingness to undertake further specialist training once in post
• Demonstrable experience working with service users in a health or social care setting
• Demonstrable experience working with substance misuse
• Experience of working with those experiencing homelessness

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of substance misuse and appropriate interventions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum pro rata