Recovery Practitioner

**Job Reference**

JOB00000505

**Location**

Brent

**Salary**

£29,124 - £32,946 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate

**Vacancy Type**

Permanent/Full Time

**Working Hours**

37.5 hours per week

**Application Deadline**

Sunday, May 5, 2024

**Job Summary**

**Are you an individual with a passion for supporting people with substance misuse and mental health issues?**

**The Role**

We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to join our New Beginnings team in Brent.

This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals.

The main purpose of this role is to provide excellent quality of care to people who use our service accessing treatment cross the Borough with a particular focus on people with opioid use and their complex needs, including prescription management. Responsibilities will include the following.
- Working as part of a dynamic team delivering an effective service covering Duty and Assessments.
- You will be responsible for managing a caseload of clients, to include prescribing, providing a good quality of interventions at varying stages of their recovery.
- Work as part of a creative team in developing and delivering a wide range of groups.
- The duties are varied, and no two days will be the same.
- Duties may include supporting other areas of service delivery as well as helping to take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support health and wellbeing such as smoking cessation and local events

**The Service**

Via Brent, New Beginnings is a fully integrated substance misuse service, providing psychosocial and clinical interventions in partnership with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL). The service is based across 2 hubs; Cobbold Road and the Willesden Centre for Health. The team actively promotes recovery and works with individuals that are directly and indirectly affected by substance misuse, working with the local community to improve the health, wellbeing and functioning of Brent residents, irrespective of circumstance.

**Location**

This post will be based at the Willesden Centre for Health and Care, NW10 3RY

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities - visit our Benefits Package.

**Interviews will take place week commencing 13 May 2024.**

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.