Rehabilitation & Integration Worker, Midlands Services

Merchants Quay Ireland

Leinster

Presencial

EUR 38.000 - 48.000

Jornada completa

Hace 13 días

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Descripción de la vacante

Merchants Quay Ireland invites applications for an MQI DATS Rehabilitation & Integration Worker in the Midlands (Laois/Offaly) with office base in Tullamore. You will deliver community-based rehabilitation and aftercare services and work across the Midlands to support recovery.

Key responsibilities include reintegration supports, education for clients and families, group work, risk assessments, and routine reporting.

Formación

Required: Level 7 qualification in social care, addiction, nursing, community or youth work.
Training in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
2 years' relevant experience in addiction, community development, health and social care, education, or related fields.
Driver's license to drive company vehicle.

Responsabilidades

Provide reintegration and aftercare supports for regional clients.
Educate, advocate, and support families alongside the Family support worker.
Develop and support a Rehabilitation Group and run group-work, one-to-one, and activity-based sessions.
Risk assessment and lone-working as appropriate; establish and review care plans and goals.
Prepare monthly/quarterly reports for the Regional Manager and manage data in CRM/HRB systems.

Conocimientos

MI training

CBT training

Crisis support

Case management

Group facilitation

Educación

Level 7 qualification in social care

Descripción del empleo

Job Description:

Job Title: MQI DATSRehabilitation & Integration Worker
Report to: MQI DATS Regional Manager
Objective: To establish and deliver a rehabilitation and aftercare service as part of the overall MQI DATS Project operating across the midland region(Longford, Westmeath, Laois & Offaly), with reference to the National Drug Rehabilitation Framework.
Location: Midlands Laois/Offaly (office base Tullamore)

Who We Are –

Merchants Quay Ireland is a national voluntary organisation who helps people who are Homeless and those caught in addiction. We provide frontline services, practical supports, pathways towards recovery and innovative responses to the issues of drug use and homelessness in Ireland.

Our Vision is one of an “inclusive society” where the integration and well-being of all is supported and everyone is treated with Dignity and Respect. Our Mission is to work as a collaborative community to reduce the harm caused by addiction and homelessness. We provide accessible, high quality and effective services, which meet the complex needs in a non judgemental and compassionate way.

MQI Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services (DATS) – What is it?

MQI DATS delivers a community-based drug and alcohol prevention and treatment support service to those over 18 and their families. This service is provided across the four counties of the Midlands; Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford.

Each county has a dedicated drug and alcohol worker that supports individuals experiencing problems due to drug and/ or alcohol misuse. Each drug and alcohol worker will provide a wide range of interventions delivered through evidence based best practice.

Role Responsibilities:

Client Work:

Provide a range of reintegration and aftercare supports targeting clients from the region including those exiting drug and/or alcohol treatment programmes
Provide education, information, advocacy and treatment support to clients and their families/in conjunction with the Family support worker as required
Develop and support a Rehabilitation Group.
Establish and deliver support, group-work sessions, one to one interventions and activity-based sessions
To support and encourage clients to provide feedback on service provision to inform policy and services
To appropriately risk assess and engage in one-to-one/lone working where appropriate
Carry out comprehensive initial assessments with clients to establish their support needs
Maximising client autonomy and agency by ensuring that their goals are central to all care plan objectives.
Arranging regular one to one meeting with clients, creating and reviewing care plans, setting, closing and revising goals where appropriate
Have an individual integrated care plan which is based on a comprehensive assessment of client needs, with appropriate treatment, rehabilitation and recovery goals, agreed with the client
Formulate and implement a referral pathway and plan for those transitioning on from the service
Refer clients to appropriate treatment response e.g., community detox
Provide psycho-social support for persons leaving drug and/or alcohol treatment services or released from prison or moving from one point on the continuum of care to another
Ensure service users are case managed as they move through the continuum of care
Support service users through the process of regaining their capacity for daily life from the impact of problem drug and /or alcohol use and reintegrating into their communities and building recovery capital
Provide care and support that offer both a harm reduction and recovery ethos reflecting a person-centred approach to care
Where appropriate work with community, voluntary and statutory services to ensure that service users can access support in relation to other needs e.g. housing, employment and education etc.
Work in partnership where appropriate with other agencies to maximise benefits that can be achieved for individuals and families by utilising wider resources and support networks that are available locally

Reporting:

Produce standard monthly and quarterly reports for the Regional Manager in line with funding agencies requirements and compile any ad hoc information requests as required
Compile and report on complaints and compliments received as required
Responsible for ensuring that all statistics/data are always kept up-to date on the CRM system, and provide reports to the Regional Manager in keeping with all required deadlines and on an ad hoc basis as required
Responsible for maintaining a complete, accurate and up to date record for each treatment episode on the HRB on-line web-based system
Ensuring client care-plans are created and updated as care-plan progresses or changes.

General Responsibilities:

In keeping with the National Drug Strategy, Reducing Harm and Supporting Recovery, deliver aftercare services which improve both recovery outcomes and relapse prevention.
To support and participate in all audits and/or evaluations
To comply with all requirements in relation to all the appropriate paperwork for the service such as client files, accident reports, service user complaints, minutes of meetings etc.
To communicate effectively and to maintain appropriate accountability to the Regional Manager
Keep up to date with relevant developments in the Midlands regions
Attend and participate in relevant committees as requested by the Regional Manager
In conjunction with the Regional Manager to develop the role to ensure that all aspects of the service are managed effectively and in line with service requirements
To become familiar with and ensure that all MQI’s policies and procedures are being adhered to particularly those relating to Health & Safety, HR, Confidentiality, Boundaries and staff code of conduct etc.
Undertake any other duties as assigned by the Regional Manager and his/her nominee.

The objectives of the Rehabilitation and Aftercare include:

Establishing protocols and procedures for delivery of rehab and after care service in the midlands, that will enable the delivery of a range of community-based rehabilitation and aftercare supports targeting service users from the region including those exiting drug and/or alcohol treatment programmes or exiting prison. This service will include:
- Establishment of rehab and after care groups in the midlands
- Linking with the relevant statutory and voluntary agencies and key stakeholders, including the ETB and DSP,
- Introduction of case management service for clients that will support their recovery and link with their community
- Mechanisms to support the service user maintain recovery from substance abuse and prevent relapse and reintegrate into their community.
- Life skills development programmes for service users to enable them to regain their capacity for daily life from the impact of problem drug and /or alcohol use.
Ensuring the provision of appropriate psycho-social support for persons leaving drug and/or alcohol treatment services or released from prison or moving from one point on the continuum of care to another.
Ensuring that client care plan goals will focus on actions that will transition the client into community level training, employment, drug/alcohol treatment and family structures.
Agreeing and introducing KPIs in keeping with the National Drug Rehabilitation Framework, to ensure outcomes and impact of this post are tracked.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required:

Relevant qualification (minimum Level 7 or equivalent) in social care, addiction, nursing, community, or youth work.
Training in Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Relapse Prevention.
2 year’s relevant work experience in addiction, community development, health and social care, education, or related fields.
Experience in crisis support, key working, case management, and group facilitation.
Understanding of the current National Drugs Strategy, Substance Misuse Strategy, National Drug Rehabilitation Framework, logic model reporting, QUADS, and/or Safer Better Healthcare (SBHC) Standards.
Access to a full clean driver’s license to drive company vehicle.

Desirable: