Outreach Team Recovery practitioner

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

ARC Hounslow is a service provided in partnership by CNWL and Phoenix Futures as a free and confidential service for people who live in the London Borough of Hounslow.
The service helps people break a cycle of addiction to substances such as heroin, cocaine, and new psychoactive substance as well as long term alcohol addiction.
We work with people at any stage of their alcohol or drug difficulties to provide a single point of access to assessment and treatment for problems.
Joint working with partner agencies and the local Borough of Hounslow, including West Middlesex University Hospital, Health Centres / GP surgeries, Food Banks, Children’s Centres, Job Centre Plus, etc.
Face to face re-engagement, support and clinical reviews of clients who are hard to reach or cannot attend the service.
Delivering Initial Brief Assessments and referring into ARC service where appropriate.
Manage a small caseload of service users with co-occurring issues.
Delivering training to local and partner agencies in the Borough of Hounslow.
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support staff by providing opportunities to develop their career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.
We are recruiting for an Outreach Worker to facilitate and deliver alcohol and drug interventions in the community and to refer into the clinical service when required.
Each service user will be assigned a keyworker who has the responsibility to make sure appropriate care is carried out by themselves and other members of the team.
Written and verbal communication between team members will be in place and allow for continuity of care where needed.
The post holder will be expected to see service users within Hounslow’s supported accommodation schemes and engage in support regarding their drug and/or alcohol use.
To refer and empower service users to self-refer to Hounslow’s existing substance use treatment service, some of whom are reluctant to engage and continue to pose significant risk to their health through their substance use.
To refer and signpost service users with complex needs including co-occurring mental health issues and experiences with homelessness to appropriate services.
The post holder will be expected to attend accommodation schemes on council sites to support service users who are unable to attend the local substance use and harm reduction services.
Treatment Outcome Profiles to be used to review service users’ progress in reducing their drug/alcohol use and changes in their overall wellbeing.
Provide training sessions to staff in associated supported accommodation schemes and staff in the council’s housing team with the goal of improving knowledge and confidence in supporting individuals with substance use presentations

Please refer the Job description for details