Job Introduction

INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY

Turning Point, working in partnership with Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest and Antidote, provide the City and Hackney Recovery Service which works with local residents concerned about their drug and alcohol use.  The service works across each of City and Hackney’s neighbourhoods in order to be accessible, local and inclusive.  The fully integrated service contributes to recovery, social inclusion and improving the quality of life of all our service users in the City of London and Hackney borough. It aims to be shaped by the community needs and voices of service users, carers, families, communities, all staff and volunteers.

As an Advanced Recovery Practitioner, responsible for City and Hackney Tier 4 Detox and Rehab pathways and placements, reporting directly to the Deputy Operations Manager, you’ll have the chance to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support who are experiencing difficulties from drugs and alcohol use, working with City and Hackney team members to support them to develop personal, flexible and realistic support packages for our clients to help them turn things around.

As an Advanced Recovery Practitioner, we offer a starting salary of £29,758 rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £34,812 per year + £3,633 ILW. (Dependent on experience you may be offered a starting salary above the initial starting salary).

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Role Responsibility

• Develop and share understanding of different type of residential treatment philosophies e.g - 12 step, CBT.
• Assess service users against a set criteria and match them to therapeutically appropriate residential treatment centres, whilst working in a collaborative manner.
• Develop and share knowledge of what residential treatment is like on a day-to-day basis, including how programs are typically structured, rules and expectation.
• Effectively prep and plan aftercare and contingency management for service users going into treatment.
• Produce progress reports.
• Establish communication link with National Tier 4 Lead.
• Support collection of admission and discharge data (also financial data regarding purchase orders where/if applicable).
• Provide a holistic response to individual need by using navigation skills to build recovery capital.
• Use Motivation Interviewing skills to engage individuals.
• To work in a trauma informed way to help individuals understand and live with trauma.
• Co-ordinate the panels to assess tier 4 applications including external partnership input.
• Support all staff to understand the process of preparation and placement of clients in tier 4
• Support staff and service users to ensure that there are robust after care plans in place for all tier 4 placements.

SUPPORT/TRAINING;

• Local/regional guidance on engagement skills

• Training for Engagement and for Group Work Skills

• Motivation Interviewing Training

• Training on Psychologically Informed Environments

• Tier 4 Best Practice Forum

• National Tier 4 Guidance

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees. Turning Point Benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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