Substance Misuse Recovery Worker - Southampton, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Health

Sanctuary Health
Sanctuary Health
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Southampton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Sanctuary Personnel - Ref: 196718:


  • Substance Misuse Recovery Worker


Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews has a locum role available.


Location:
Southampton


Hourly Rate:
£21 per hour (assignment rate)


Type of Contract:
Locum, 3-Months


Benefits of working with us:


  • Fully online and paperless registration service
  • Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory elearning and practical training modules (if applicable)
  • Exclusive access to roles that aren't available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we've recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped
  • T&Cs apply)
  • Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
  • Find your own job bonus
  • Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance and revalidation support from an inhouse qualified health professional with over 15 years' experience
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
  • Daily payroll and inhouse payroll system

Main Duties:


  • 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 use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A,B and C and other blood borne infections
  • Be responsible for maintaining a full case load of complex clients as the key worker.
  • To make home visits consistent with need.
  • 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 assist and support medical and nurse prescribers during harm reduction and prescribing clinics.
  • To provide a range of structured psychosocial interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
  • Make domiciliary visits to service users particularly for those 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 create and facilitate group work interventions.
  • To provide a needle exchange service.
  • Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
  • To work with a range of professional in ensuring service users' needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.
  • Carryout needle exchanges, home visits and the running of clinics.
  • Encourage and work with service users to move forward in their recovery
  • Encourage and work intensively with service users to support them move away from maintenance treatment where appropriate

Requirements of the Substance Misuse Recovery Worker:

  • Recent experience within Substance Misuse, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Drug and Alcohol, Needle Exchange, or Recovery

Contact:


Reasonable Adjustments:


If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.

With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
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