Job summary
- Main area
- Inclusion Drug and Alcohol Services
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional weekend and evening working)
- Job ref
- 301-IT-24-6336897
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Across Fareham, Gosport and Havant
- Town
- Hampshire
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
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Group Facilitator Recovery Worker
Band 5
Job overview
Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life? Are you a skilled groupwork facilitator looking to support people in their recovery journey?
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to join our teams within Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, a drug and alcohol treatment and support service for individuals impacted by their own or someone else’s use of alcohol or drugs.
We are currently recruiting an experienced group work facilitator, working alongside a teams of experienced Recovery Workers across our Fareham, Gosport and Havant sites.
The role may involve occasionally covering for other group facilitators in Hampshire, as well as supporting the hub Recovery Workers based on service need.
We have a bespoke structured group work programme which the Group Facilitator will be responsible for delivering, as well as additional groups based on the needs of the clients - this can include SMART groups, auricular acupuncture, mindfulness and meditation and substance specific groups. The successful candidate will be provided with relevant training to support the facilitation of groups, and will be a key part of our quality assurance processes around groups; participating in groupwork audits, providing peer to peer feedback to other facilitators and co-facilitating groups with others.
Main duties of the job
Full-time 12 month Fixed Term Group Facilitator Recovery Worker (working 37.5 hours per week) across the South of Hampshire (Fareham, Gosport, Havant). There is potential for this post to be extended beyond the initial 12 months.
- Group facilitation in Inclusion Fareham, Gosport and Havant Hubs.
- Referral and implementation of groups (structured and unstructrued)
- Training of volunteers and other staff in group facilitation.
- Covering other sites for group facilitation
- Where required, supporting the team with duty or caseload management
- Active Risk assessing and risk management
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:
- To plan, implement and deliver groups in Fareham, Gosport and Havant.
- To participate in auditing and peer support for group facilitators
- To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate recommendations as part as a robust duty system.
- Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A,B and C and other blood borne infections
- To make home visits consistent with need.
- To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi disciplinary colleagues where required
- To provide a range of structured psycho-social interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
- To provide a needle exchange service.
- Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
- To work with a range of professional in ensuring service users needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.
- Encourage and work with service users to move forward in their recovery
Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Degree/HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, human resources, social studies
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field
- Experience in facilitating groups or programmes
Driving Licence
Essential criteria
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (travelling between sites in the course of the role)
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debra Critchell
- Job title
- Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 1240103
- Additional information
If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Debra Critchell as we would love to hear from you.
**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.****
****This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****
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