Role - Wellingborough, United Kingdom - Bridge Substance Misuse Programme
2 weeks ago
Description
Job Title:
- Team Manager
- Wellingborough
- Salary:
- Hours:
- 20 hours per week
- Location:
- Wellingborough
- Reports to
- Service Director
- Bridge is a peer support programme which links volunteers who may have recovered from alcohol and/or drug misuse with members who have, or who are recovering from serious substance misuse problems. Bridge also provides a range of activities, events and support and our outstanding teams include recovery workers who support our members to sustain their recovery, as well as staff who specialise in advice and guidance on benefits, housing, and employment.
All employees benefit from company pension, private health insurance and a health cash plan, as well as the unwavering support of a management team who recognise and truly appreciate the difference they make to our members.
In this interesting role you will be responsible for leading a small team of recovery workers in their support of our members, as well as working with other related agencies in order to promote seamless continuity of care.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Managing the Recovery Workers and providing support to improve members' outcomes through observed practice, timely valuesbased feedback, overall performance and attendance.
- Empowering colleagues to promote hope, choices, control, and opportunities that assist members in reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.
- Organise key worker sessions with individual members, using personcentred planning tools. Focus will be on mental health insight, awareness and resilience, medication management, symptom management and coping strategies.
- Plan and organise timetables and lead a range of appropriate groups, eg assertiveness, confidence building, relapse prevention and physical activity.
- Ensure that all practices enable identification of members, children and families who are at risk, and ensure that staff are competent in the delivery of interventions that reduce risk to service users.
- Attend and contribute to team meetings to promote learning cultures, cascade information, and provide feedback to staff on service delivery and developments.
- Attend external meetings with a range of different stakeholders on behalf of the management team.
- Work with the management team to maintain strong governance and monitoring systems, ensuring consistent highquality service, professional standards are met, and best practice is implemented.
- Ensure Bridge values are at the heart of everything we do, through valuesbased decision making and leadership, thereby creating a valuesbased culture.
Key requirements
- Experience of working with people who have, or who are recovering from substance misuse;
- Experience of leading or managing a small team;
- Experience of collaborating with other service providers;
- Knowledge of Safeguarding and Data Protection legislation;
- Excellent communication skills.
If you feel you have the skills and experience that we are looking for and want to be part of an incredible team achieving amazing results, please send us your CV and covering letter today.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
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