Senior Parental Substance Misuse Practitioner Lead
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Job summary
Waythrough in Lewisham is seeking a Senior Parental Substance Misuse Practitioner to join the Family Wellbeing Team. You will assess parents, develop care plans, and deliver psychosocial interventions to support recovery and family safety.
You will provide line management to the Recovery Worker and collaborate with Children’s Social Care, Mental Health Services, and partner agencies to coordinate assessments and care planning.
Qualifications
- Experience of assessing and supporting adults with substance misuse needs.
- Knowledge of safeguarding, risk assessment and trauma-informed practice.
- Experience of delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions.
- Excellent partnership-working and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop evidence-based care plans for parents experiencing drug and/or alcohol misuse.
- Deliver effective health and psychosocial interventions to support sustained recovery.
- Motivate and engage parents during the early stages of treatment, supporting them to access and remain engaged with services.
- Provide line management and supervision to the Parental Substance Misuse Recovery Worker.
- Work collaboratively within the multi-agency Family Wellbeing Team to support integrated assessments and care planning.
- Liaise with Children’s Social Care and Mental Health Services to ensure effective service delivery and safeguarding.
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Job description
Waythrough in Lewisham is seeking a Senior Parental Substance Misuse Practitioner to join the Family Wellbeing Team. You will assess parents, develop care plans, and deliver psychosocial interventions to support recovery and family safety.
You will provide line management to the Recovery Worker and collaborate with Children’s Social Care, Mental Health Services, and partner agencies to coordinate assessments and care planning.
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