Inclusion

Co-occurring Conditions Recovery Worker

The closing date is 20 May 2025

Job summary

The One Recovery Bucks service is an innovative and exciting opportunity to provide a bridge between Primary Care, Community Mental Health services and Substance Use services.

We are looking for a Co-Occurring Conditions Recovery Worker to join the team and One Recovery Bucks on a full-time, permanent basis!

These vacancies have arisen as a result of an unmet need identified for those members of the public who struggle with the co-occurring conditions of poor mental health and substance use.

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

  • Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
  • The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
  • Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
  • Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
  • Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
  • Child Care Vouchers Scheme

Main duties of the job

  • Delivering a high quality clinical service to service users and their families.
  • Managing a caseload of people who experience co-occurring conditions.
  • Delivering interventions, in accordance with an agreed wellbeing and recovery plan, to an identified group of people presenting with co-occurring conditions (substance and alcohol use and mental health conditions).
  • Ensuring where required an assessment of co-occurring conditions and delivery of safe and effective treatment for an identified group of service users in accordance with an individual wellbeing and recovery plan where one exists or creating such a plan where not.
  • With oversight of the Clinical Lead, leading the partnership work with existing primary and secondary mental health services, as well as with the rough sleepers initiative (RSI) project.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Details

Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-IT-25-7180313

Job locations

Inclusion Aylesbury and High Wycombe

Aylesbury

HP20 1TZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached, a summary is below:

  • Take responsibility for the management of a caseload, which includes leading on the specialist health assessment of people referred to the service where co-occurring conditions are identified; support referral to primary/secondary care mental health services once needs are indicated and follow up work to ensure needs are met.
  • Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan including the management of common mental health problems through delivery of low level interventions.
  • Build networks within the primary and secondary mental health services, inclusive of regular attendance at team meetings in those services.
  • Promote and provide harm reduction interventions.
  • Refer carers and family members into the ORB family service for family/carer support.
  • Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached, a summary is below:

  • Take responsibility for the management of a caseload, which includes leading on the specialist health assessment of people referred to the service where co-occurring conditions are identified; support referral to primary/secondary care mental health services once needs are indicated and follow up work to ensure needs are met.
  • Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan including the management of common mental health problems through delivery of low level interventions.
  • Build networks within the primary and secondary mental health services, inclusive of regular attendance at team meetings in those services.
  • Promote and provide harm reduction interventions.
  • Refer carers and family members into the ORB family service for family/carer support.
  • Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies
  • NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have co-occurring mental health needs
  • Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.

Skills

Essential

  • A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies
  • NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have co-occurring mental health needs
  • Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.

Skills

Essential

  • A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects

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

Inclusion

Address

Inclusion Aylesbury and High Wycombe

Aylesbury

HP20 1TZ


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Inclusion

Address

Inclusion Aylesbury and High Wycombe

Aylesbury

HP20 1TZ


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Safeguarding & Complex needs manager

Lizzi Fairless

Lizzi.fairless@mpft.nhs.uk

07773966392

Details

Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-IT-25-7180313

Job locations

Inclusion Aylesbury and High Wycombe

Aylesbury

HP20 1TZ


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