Fdac Substance Misuse Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Walsall, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time

Overview:
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**:£27,449,53 - £31,529,41

**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

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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