Job summary
As part of ELFT , Within Path to Recovery ( Bedfordshire , Adult Drug and Alcohol service) we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Rough Sleeper Practitioner
Band 7 Rough Sleeper Practitioner working as part of a team. This post is holding a caseload ,supporting Adults with unstable accommodation using Drugs and/or Alcohol
Are you dynamic , pay attention to detail , can work Autonomously and as part of a Team ? If so we are waiting to hear from you :-
Working within a multi disciplinary Rough Sleeper team , in Path to Recovery - Bedfordshire Adult Addictions service
Main duties of the job
The Rough Sleepers Team is a multi-agency team providing delivering services to people with drug/alcohol problems and housing problems in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.Those presenting to the service are likely to have multiple social, physical health, and mental health problems.The post holder will provide specialist interventions as part of the Rough Sleepers team. They will manage a caseload of individual service users within a multidisciplinary and multiagency framework. This includes proactive engagement, assessment, care planning, risk mitigation, crisis planning and management and promoting advocacy and multiagency working.The post holder will provide leadership and case managementThe aims of the service are to improve access to, and maintenance of housing (or a tenancy) whilst improving overall wellbeing, and access to and engagement with appropriate statutory and 3rd sector support servicesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES1. Providing proactive care navigation across the rough sleeper pathways role modelling multidisciplinary and multiagency working2. Delivering specialist in-reach and outreach interventions; substance misuse and mental health treatment, social
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and personal specification for more information about the role.
For further details / informal visits contact: zara.jane@nhs.net
Path to Recovery
21 The Crescent Bedford , MK40 2RT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and personal specification for more information about the role.
For further details / informal visits contact: zara.jane@nhs.net
Path to Recovery
21 The Crescent Bedford , MK40 2RT
Person Specification
Qualification/Training
Essential
- Professional Qualification: Nursing, Social Work
- Evidence of professional development
Experience
Essential
- Effective experience of working with Homeless service users
- Experience of effective multiagency working
- Experience in effective delivering a wide range of substance misuse, mental health and social interventions
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to understand (and explain to others) of the issues effecting people who experience homelessness or unsafe housing
- Ability to deliver substance misuse and mental health treatment, social care interventions and facilitating access to physical health services
- Ability in proactive engagement, assessment, care and risk planning, crisis planning and emergency interventions
- Proven effective case management ability - and the ability to teach this to other staff: how to be effective, priorities work, and make best use of other services such as 3rd sector supports and advocacy services
- To deliver teaching and training to a variety of staff
- To deliver against multiple deadlines
- Excellent communication - written and verbal Lateral, proactive and pragmatic thinking
- To represent drug/alcohol users and P2R in Social Care/Health Integration forums
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, The Care Act, 2014 and other statutory frameworks
- Of safeguarding and mental capacity requirements and obligations
- Of social care, clinical and information governance
- Of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
Person Specification
Qualification/Training
Essential
- Professional Qualification: Nursing, Social Work
- Evidence of professional development
Experience
Essential
- Effective experience of working with Homeless service users
- Experience of effective multiagency working
- Experience in effective delivering a wide range of substance misuse, mental health and social interventions
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to understand (and explain to others) of the issues effecting people who experience homelessness or unsafe housing
- Ability to deliver substance misuse and mental health treatment, social care interventions and facilitating access to physical health services
- Ability in proactive engagement, assessment, care and risk planning, crisis planning and emergency interventions
- Proven effective case management ability - and the ability to teach this to other staff: how to be effective, priorities work, and make best use of other services such as 3rd sector supports and advocacy services
- To deliver teaching and training to a variety of staff
- To deliver against multiple deadlines
- Excellent communication - written and verbal Lateral, proactive and pragmatic thinking
- To represent drug/alcohol users and P2R in Social Care/Health Integration forums
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, The Care Act, 2014 and other statutory frameworks
- Of safeguarding and mental capacity requirements and obligations
- Of social care, clinical and information governance
- Of equal opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
