Drug Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel invites you to discover an exciting role that could be the perfect fit for you. As a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a remarkable TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews, we are committed to connecting talented professionals like yourself with exceptional career prospects. Read on to explore the details of our captivating locum position in Bradford. Post holder is expected to work at varying bases across the district in including: core building bases in Bradford centre and Keighley plus additional outreach bases across the district.

**Hourly Rate**: £21 per hour (assignment rate)

**Contract Type**: Locum, 5-Months

**Shift Pattern**: Full time. 37.5 hours per week. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 09:15 am - 17:15 pm (including 30 min unpaid lunch break). Tuesday - 12:00 pm - 20:00 pm (including 30 min unpaid lunch break).

**Joining Sanctuary Personnel comes with a host of benefits designed to support your professional growth and enhance your career**:

- Enjoy the convenience of our fully online and paperless registration service.
- We cover the costs of your DBS and compliance service, including mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable).
- Earn a generous £250 refer-a-friend bonus once your referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped - T&Cs apply).
- We cover registration body costs based on length of service (T&Cs apply).
- Bring your own position to us and receive a £250 find-your-own-job bonus.
- Benefit from clinical governance and revalidation support provided by our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years' experience.
- Work closely with your dedicated consultant, who possesses extensive expertise within the healthcare sector.
- Enjoy the convenience of our daily payroll and in-house payroll system.

**Duties**:

- Work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality substance misuse treatment provision by supporting service users from point of entry into the service and throughout their treatment/recovery journey
- Screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and; purposeful lives, promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination

**Requirements for the role of Drug Practitioner**:

- Be creative and innovative so that the post best meets the needs of the service user, promoting access in to treatment, and continued engagement with underrepresented communities
- A relevant professional qualification (eg NVQ3 in Health and Social Care, Social Work Degree, RMN, etc) OR full time or equivalent in part time experience of working with people with alcohol and / or drug problems and/ or people with complex and multiple needs within the last 4 years
- Relevant demonstrable experience of case management and delivering care-coordination in substance misuse or directly related field
- Experience of working in an outcomes-focussed environment
- Experience of updating and maintaining records in a timely fashion and working to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports
- Experience of liaising and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies
- Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues
- Has a good working knowledge of adult and child safeguarding
- Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency
- Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly
- Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
- Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood
- Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to engage successfully with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- The ability to work collaboratively with others (internally and externally)
- A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc
- Be flexible with regards to working hours in order to meet the requirements of the post
- Willingness to contribute to the training and development of Others
- Demonstrable experience of working flexibly, positively and cooperatively within a team
- Willingness to work within a performance managed environment and contribute to performance reporting
- Willingness to undertake regular supervision and appraisal in