Job Description

The Derbyshire Recovery Partnership are looking to recruit a Substance Misuse Practitioner for a fantastic opportunity in Chesterfield to work intensively with service users presenting with drug and alcohol issues, are involved in the criminal justice system, and who may be in prison or in the community.

This particular role would involve specifically work with individuals involved with the Integrated Offender Management team.  The role will also involve some community and prison in-reach work, working with a reduced caseload as you deliver a high level of intense interventions and support. You will be co-ordinating care and delivering psychosocial and harm reduction interventions to service users in structured 1:1 key work and group work sessions. Service users may be subject to licence conditions, Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) and Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) court orders, and may be involved with the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) team, courts, Liaison and Diversion, Prison healthcare, Probation services. The focus of this role is helping engage service users in a care-planned and recovery-focussed way to attain improved health outcomes, achieve their personalised treatment goals and reduce criminality. Working with a reduced caseload you will provide intensive and focused interventions individuals involved with substances and the criminal justice system.

This role will be based in Chesterfield, working 37.5 hours per week; Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, on a permanent contract.

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate a clear passion for working with service users involved in the criminal justice system, have an innovative, motivating and proactive approach to their work and experience of using appropriate models, interventions and approaches tailored to meet the individual needs of service users with varying and complex needs.

Job description attached.

About you:

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity. So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Criminal Justice Substance Misuse Practitioner, please get in touch or apply today.

Your Rewards:

• Opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase up to £27,500 (pro rata)
• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days) (pro rata)
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access
• A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.
• We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.

About Phoenix Futures:
Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency. We are keen to hear from anyone with experience of working within the field of substance misuse, who is motivated and passionate about recovery.

For more information about the Derbyshire Recovery Partnership, visit www.derbyshirerecoverypartnership.co.uk.

Applications can be made via www.phoenixfutures.org.uk

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Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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