Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with substance misuse issues. As a Parental Substance misuse worker on the Family Safeguarding team, you'll make a real difference to their lives as you develop the personal, flexible, and realistic support packages they need to help turn things around. Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role your own as part of a friendly and multidisciplinary team. We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative Parental substance Misuse Worker to join our Substance misuse Service working in Somerset.   

This is a new and exciting service working in partnership with Somerset County Council’s Children’s services. Children’s Services have led on the development of a new approach to working with families through the Family Safeguarding Model. The model creates Family Safeguarding Teams who are multi-disciplinary and include professionals with specialisms in social work, domestic abuse, mental health, and substance misuse who provide high quality support to families with complex needs.

Role Responsibility

To provide high quality support and interventions to the highest risk families as part of the Family Safeguarding Team. This includes working with adults and young people with a history of substance misuse to achieve their goals and improve outcomes for the whole family.

The Parental Substance misuse workers will carry a case load and provide screening, comprehensive assessments, needle exchange, risk assessment and risk management, recovery planning & review. They will support access to medically assisted recovery (through titration and prescribing regimes), provide outreach services including home visits, deliver 1-1 key working sessions, as well as semi and structured groups to support families through engagement, detoxification, stabilisation and rehabilitation thus improving outcomes for both parents and children.

The Ideal Candidate

You’ll have proven experience in handling significant caseloads in a busy environment as a Recovery Worker or similar, you'll have a deep understanding of substance misuse and the Recovery Agenda. It's an extremely varied role, so flexibility, a track record of The Drugs and Alcohol National Occupational Standards (DANOS), compliance and knowledge of relapse and other barriers to recovery will be vital.  We are looking to recruit candidates with excellent communication skills and, ideally, a vocational qualification, such as an NVQ 3 or equivalent.

The successful applicant will be carrying out duties including the facilitation of workshops, managing of recovery coordination sessions, compiling risk assessments and risk management plans, care planning and producing reduction plans.

About us

Why Turning Point?

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

Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.

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.

Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:

• Competitive rates of pay and paid travel expenses
• Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully funded apprenticeship programmes.
• Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, within a team who are passionate about the work that they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset. We're supporting flexible working arrangements and our offices meet the Covid-19 Secure standards. We’re using risk assessments and where needed, PPE to protect our social workers. Good technology is provided to help you stay connected to your team and manager through virtual meetings, team check-ins and service sessions.

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

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