Substance Misuse Practitioner - Chesterfield

at  Phoenix Futures

£19,400 (£24,250 PER ANNUM FTE)

Service Area
Derby Services
Town
Chesterfield
Status
Part-time
Contract Type
Permanent
Total Salary Pro-Rata
£19,400
Posted Date
05/06/2024
Closing Date
23/06/2024
Vacancy Reference Number
3337

Documents

• Derbyshire Substance Misuse Practitioner - April 2024.doc

We have an exciting opportunities at Derbyshire Recovery Partnership for someone who are passionate about helping people and making a difference. The role will be based in north Chesterfield, working 30 hours per week over four days within office opening hours of Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, on a permanent contract. This role will be managing a caseload of clients living in the very north of Chesterfield/south Sheffield border.
We are looking for a Substance Misuse Practitioner to manage a caseload of service users presenting with drug and alcohol issues. This role will involve offering a range of harm reduction interventions and structured key working, helping engage service users in a care-planned and recovery focussed way to attain improved health outcomes and achieve their personalised treatment goals.
This will involve you effectively organising and delivering 1-2-1 care-planned support and facilitating group work sessions as required, using appropriate models, interventions and approaches tailored to meet the individual needs of service users. Furthermore, you will support them in their individual, person-centred journey to build recovery capital by partnership working with other support agencies and local projects.
We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

ABOUT PHOENIX FUTURES:

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.
Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.
We are keen to hear from anyone with experience of working within the field of substance misuse, or has lived experience, who is motivated and passionate about recovery.
Job description is attached.
For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership, visit www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk.
Applications can be made via www.phoenixfutures.org.uk

Please refer the Job description for details