Senior Practitioner

Cranstoun; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cranstoun Derby Drug and Alcohol Service is seeking a Senior Practitioner to lead and supervise a team, ensuring high standards of care, safeguarding and clinical practice. The role focuses on trauma-informed, person-centred interventions and continuous improvement.

You will work with the Care, Quality and Governance team to support staff, drive governance, and contribute to quality assurance across the service in Derby.

Qualifications

• Experience in substance use services or related health and social care setting.
• Experience supervising or mentoring staff in health/social care.
• Strong knowledge of harm reduction, safeguarding and clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Providing caseload and relational supervision to team members.
• Promoting a culture of enquiry, reflection and learning within the team.
• Ensuring compliance with Cranstoun policies, procedures and national clinical guidance.
• Supporting incident reporting, investigation processes and dissemination of learning.
• Contributing to audit processes and quality improvement activity.
• Supporting the writing and quality assurance of reports (e.g. safeguarding, coroner reports).

Skills

Caseload supervision

Staff mentoring/supervision

Harm reduction knowledge

Safeguarding

Clinical practice

IT skills

Case management systems

Tools

Case management systems

Job description

AtCranstoun, we are always in search of talented and experienced individuals to join our team. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner within the Derby Drug and Alcohol Service. You will play a key role within the team, supporting the delivery of a safe,effectiveand high-quality service for people accessing support. Working alongside the Care, Quality and Governance Coordinator and operational leads, you will contribute to strong clinical governance, teamdevelopmentand positive outcomes for service users.

About the role

As a Senior Practitioner, you will provide support to a team of practitioners, ensuring thathigh standardsof care, safeguarding and clinical practice are consistently delivered. You will promote a culture of reflection, learning and continuous improvement, supporting staff to deliver trauma-informed, person-centred interventions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing caseload and relational supervision to team members
• Promoting a culture of enquiry, reflection and learning within the team
• Ensuring compliance with Cranstoun policies,proceduresand national clinical guidance
• Supporting incident reporting, investigationprocessesand dissemination of learning
• Contributing to audit processes and quality improvement activity
• Supporting the writing and quality assurance of reports (e.g. safeguarding, coroner reports)

About you

We are looking for someone with experience in substance use services or a related health and social care setting, who is confident supporting others and improving practice.

You will need todemonstrate:

• Experience of working with people who use drugs and alcohol, or other vulnerable groups
• Experience of supervising or mentoring staff within a health or social care setting
• Strong knowledge of harm reduction,safeguardingand clinical practice
• Understanding of governance, riskmanagementand quality assurance processes
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships
• Strong IT skills and experience of using case management systems

Additionalinformation

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

All post holders maybe requiredto work some evenings and unsociable hours to meet service needs.

The core serviceoperatesMonday to Friday, 9am – 5pm with a late night andadditionalflexible working whererequired.

ob reference number: 1759

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.

We are an inclusive employer, committed to promoting equality and diversity in all areas of our work.

Registered Charity No: 1061582