Recovery Practitioner - Redbridge, United Kingdom - WDP

WDP

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Redbridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location
Redbridge R3

Salary
£24,440 - £28,262 plus £2,184 London Weighting Allowance

Vacancy Type
Permanent/Full Time

Working Hours
37.5 hours per week

Application Deadline
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Job Summary

Would you like to help improve the health and wellbeing of those with drug and alcohol issues?

The Service
WDP Redbridge is an established, integrated community service delivered across several provisions in the Borough.

The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial elements and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV and health interventions, OST, and community detox, as well as having family and carers and service user involvement provision.

Together we offer a wide range of pharmacological, psychosocial, recovery-orientated, health focused and inpatient interventions that support individuals and their families who wish to receive advice, assessment, and treatment for their drug and/ or alcohol related needs.

WDP Redbridge is an established community service that is well performing and highly functioning. We are a friendly team of professionals who support each other. The service operates Mon

Fri, our core hours 9am to 5pm but there are times where we might need to work occasional evenings or weekends.

The Role
The post arises from additional OHID funding.

The post holder will be a dynamic, driven individual who is committed to supporting service users in the substance misuse community and their associated needs.

The community engagement practitioner will support with engaging the community and delivering training on brief screening, harm reduction and brief advice.

The community engagement practitioner with work alongside partner agencies and key stakeholders and support with the firming up of referral pathways and joint working initiatives.

The community engagement practitioner will carry a caseload and work with clients who are hard to reach, non-engaging and requiring reengagement and/or home visits.

Location

The role is predominantly based in Ilford Chambers, but at times may involve travel to external meetings and satellites within the borough, and to other WDP locations as needed.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at WDP including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities - visit our Benefits Package.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact

David Dunkley, Deputy Service Manager on

Sunday 26 March 2023 at midnight.
Interviews are likely to take place on

Friday 31 March 2023.
WDP welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace.

Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.