Substance Misuse Practitioner

**_About the client:_**

Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for a long standing registered charity who specialise in supporting behavioral changes, predominantly for alcohol, drug misuse and mental health. Kicking off in the late 60's this provider now delivers freeand confidential support to over 100,000 service users a year from 80 individual location nationwide offering drug and alcohol support to adults, young people and their wider family.

Our clients expectation of the applicant is to have experience of working service user suffering with substance misuse problems, providing psycho-social interventions. A highly driven individual who can fit in to an established multi-disciplinary team usingtheir own initiative when required whilst liaising professionally with local authorities.

**_Job Title: _**_Substance Misuse Practitioner_

**_Location: _**_Bedfordshire_

**_Shift Pattern: _**Monday - Friday (9AM - 5PM)

**_Type of Contract:_** Temporary - 3 Months with view to extend

**_Hourly Rate:_** £16 - £18 P/H LTD (Dependent on Experience)

**_Expectations of the role:_**
- Caseload Management
- Opiate Service User Experience
- Assessing Service Users
- Developing Care Plans
- Key Working
- One to Ones
- Signposting to Partner Agencies
- Interventions & Harm Reduction
- Updating Key Partners & Local Authorities Regularly

**_Compliance Requirements:_**
- Enhanced Child And Adults DBS (Within 12 Months/Update Service Registered)
- Valid Right to Work
- Most Recent Employment References

**_About Service Care Solutions Recruitment Agency & How to Apply:_**

**_The Benefits of Service Care Solutions: _**:

- Four weekly payroll runs
- £250 training allowance
- Excellent pay rates
- Exceptional referral bonuses
- Specialist Substance Misuse consultants offering single point of contact
- Ltd and PAYE payment options available
- Nationwide provider of substance misuse staff to over 40 different NHS trusts offering substance misuse services and over 200 local authorities.
- DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.