Fdac Substance Misuse Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Walsall, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time

Overview:
**Change Grow Live** are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced substance misuse practitioner to join the Black Country Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC). We are looking for a motivated individual who has the ability to work in a fast paced environment against tight deadlines with a real passion to make a difference to vulnerable children and families. You will be part of a special team delivering an alternative form of care proceedings to improve outcomes for children, supporting parents to overcome substance misuse, mental health & domestic abuse problems that have put their children at risk of serious harm.

Internal secondment will be considered.

**Where**: Walsall

**Hours**:37.5

**Salary**:£26,393 - £30,316

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**:

- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and supporting service users to access onward referrals.
- Work flexibly and creatively to establish and support our service users in making a positive difference to their lives.
- Complete direct work with service users around the issues they face.
- Able to assist and carry out appropriate screening processes including urine and saliva tests, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience.
- Be responsible for writing assessments and preparing reports so good report writing skills and attention to detail is important..

**About you**:

- Experience of working with families, adults and young people in a substance misuse setting who have complex needs, engaging them in interventions, utilising a whole family approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and supporting them to lead a safe, happy and healthy life..
- Ability to meeting demanding targets and deadlines
- Have good written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to demonstrate effective intervention skills to enable better life opportunities to service users.

**What we will give to you**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities

**_
Please read attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification_**

If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with
**Change Grow Live,** then we’d love to talk to you.
- This vacancy is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
- A Disclosure and Barring Services/ISA checks will be undertaken



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