Substance Misuse Specialist – Secured Services & Recovery

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; North Leverton with Habblesthorpe; Sur place; GBP 30 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust в Northamptonshire seeks a dedicated professional to contribute to Integrated Substance Misuse Services within Secured Services, delivering psychosocial interventions to support patients' recovery journey.

The role focuses on high-quality patient care with harm reduction and health promotion, including assessments, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care for substance misuse patients.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive psychosocial assessment and care planning for people with substance misuse.
• Ability to lead or co-facilitate group work.
• Experience liaising with services in prison and community for through/after care.
• Knowledge of harm reduction, blood-borne viruses, safer sex.
• Supervision/training of peer mentors.

Responsabilités

• Deliver psychosocial interventions to support patients' recovery journey.
• Carry out comprehensive assessments, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Lead/co-facilitate group work relevant to substance misuse and offending behaviour.
• Liaise with internal and external services in prison and community to ensure through and after care pathways.
• Act as second check/signatory in dispensing of controlled drugs.
• Support peer mentor scheme through supervision and involvement in recruitment and training.
• Provide information about drugs, alcohol, smoking cessation, BBVs and safer sex.
• Attend 13-week reviews and SMS complex case meetings with prescriber to ensure appropriate patient clinical care.
• Devise care plans from assessment and implement/review regularly.

Description du poste

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust в Northamptonshire seeks a dedicated professional to contribute to Integrated Substance Misuse Services within Secured Services, delivering psychosocial interventions to support patients' recovery journey.

The role focuses on high-quality patient care with harm reduction and health promotion, including assessments, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care for substance misuse patients.