Recovery Worker - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Inclusion

Inclusion

Verified Company

Basingstoke, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below: Be responsible for maintaining a full caseload of complex clients and supporting them to move forward in their recovery.

To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate recommendations as part as a robust duty system.

Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug and alcohol use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne viruses (BBVs).

To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.

To provide a range of structured psychosocial interventions including CBT-based brief solution-focused therapy, motivational enhancement techniques, and create and facilitate group work interventions.

To make domiciliary visits consistent with need, particularly for service users with disabilities and to those with family responsibilities. Retain contact with service users whilst they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units, including visits when required. To provide a needle exchange service.

Liaison Responsibilities:

To develop and sustain links with multi-disciplinary services including statutory and non-statutory providers of drug and alcohol services, criminal justice services and providers of wrap around services.

To develop a network of contacts with relevant agencies to promote service accessibility for the client group.