Hospital Alcohol Liaison Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Basildon, United Kingdom Phoenix Futures Full time

**Hospital Alcohol Liaison Practitioner**:
Part Time, Permanent

£9,200 pro rata (£23,000 FTE)
- Service Area
- Essex Services
- Geographical Location
- Basildon
- Status
- Part-time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Total Salary Pro-Rata
- £9,200
- Posted Date
- 24/02/2023
- Closing Date
- 12/03/2023
- Vacancy Reference Number
- 2692

The Essex Alcohol Recovery Community is seeking an experienced practitioner to undertake a unique role as a Hospital Liaison Practitioner role within Essex. You will play a key part on advocating on behalf of clients within A&E and will liaise with family members, social services, GPs and others. You will be based within one hospital at Basildon Hospital, but will also support and cover for other areas within Essex.

**The Role**

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working within the substance misuse sector or health care profession to fulfil a range of tasks from case management to group work. You will need to be passionate about recovery and work with clients to support, motivate and manage them to access a wide variety of services.

Previous experience is desirable, however not essential. Support Workers come from many different backgrounds and experiences, and you may have the skills required. We are seeking dedicated individuals, based on your values, willingness to learn new skills and the compassion to deliver the best service possible to our residents.

This is a part time role, 16 hours per week including occasional evenings and weekends. Due to the nature of working within a hospital, there is flexibility on hours and days worked.

**About You**

You will need:

- An understanding of the complex issues presented by individuals within alcohol recovery.
- Experience of working with individuals in the substance use sector or related field.
- Ability to plan, organise and deliver brief 1-2- interventions relating to problematic alcohol use.
- Ability to plan, organise and co-facilitate structured groups, including theoretical models
- Confidence in managing a caseload, including managing recovery capital, assessments, reports and referral pathways.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to use you own initiative when required and to manage your time independently.
- Be able to work effectively with multi-agencies, whilst maintaining the excellent reputation of the service.

**Your Rewards**
- 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days) (pro rata)
- Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
- Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
- Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system
- Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access

**About Us**

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.

Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future.

We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.



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