Intensive Engagement (Substance Misuse)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Conduct an assessment of need, risk and motivation and make onward referrals to specialist services

Act as a key worker whilst maintaining a high standard of records and case notes using the electronic system

Provide service users and their families with information and advice verbally and through providing relevant literature

Engage potential service users and signpost to treatment services and other relevant agencies within the locality

Create an individually tailored package of care, in line with statutory requirements.

Liaise with other health and social care professionals where necessary and appropriate

To offer brief interventions, psychosocial interventions and harm reduction strategies

To communicate highly sensitive information within an often hostile and emotive environment to service users, relatives and colleagues.

To undertake screening for Drug and Alcohol

To devise and review recovery care plans to ensure that service users needs are met in a timely and appropriate manner

Function as part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to team meetings as required.

Understand and use of pathways available to substance misuse service users

Identify problems and issues and support service users to find a solution

To assist in the decision-making process regarding the referral of service users children to the relevant safeguarding agency assess and interpret complex and conflicting information

Take personal responsibility for maintaining practice in line with developments and new initiatives.

Collate statistical information as required

Proactively encourage drug and alcohol users to access substance misuse services.

To maintain and update service users records, ensuring the confidentiality of such records is in line with the GDPR and any information sharing protocols in place.

To report as soon as is practicable any incidents

Undertake diary management, resolving conflicting appointments and schedules as required, which involve arranging appointments and meetings, ensuring that appropriate communications are actioned and documents are available.

Positively promote the service during internal and external meetings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 3 Tackling Substance Misuse or equivalent OR
• Professional qualification in a relevant subject e.g. Social Work
• Relevant experience in the substance misuse field
• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
• Microsoft Office including outlook, word, excel

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within substance misuse services
• Experience of key working and psychological/psychosocial interventions
• Experience of substance misuse treatment approaches
• Experience of providing brief interventions
• Experience of providing harm reduction advice

Desirable

• Experience of a multi-disciplinary team working
• Experience of undertaking assessments of need and risk

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

The Alcohol & Drug Service

Address

Humber Mental Health

7 Baker Street

Hull

HU2 8HP

Employer's website

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