Substance Misuse Support Worker (Criminal Justice Team)

LOCATION: Luton
SALARY: £14.08 Basic
DURATION: Temporary (ongoing)
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri (9am-5pm)
 
Overview:
* You will hold a small caseload of clients with Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR’s) / Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR’s) and will carry out DRR and ATR assessments.
Day to Day Duties:
* Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
* Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
* Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
* Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
* Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
* Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
* Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
* Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
* Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
* Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc 
Person Specification:
* Experience having worked with individuals with substance misuse problems is essential.
* CRiiS experience would be beneficial
For more information on these roles please contact Emily Rex on .