Harm Reduction Advanced Practitioner

5 months ago

Taunton, United Kingdom Turning Point Full time

**Job Introduction**:
**Please Note: A Full UK Driving License and Access to a Vehicle is an Essential Requirement.**

Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Taunton doing a highly rewarding job. Turning Point’s drug & alcohol services are currently expanding during a really exciting time in the sector with new funding and investment. We have a range of roles for people passionate about supporting others to make change.

We have roles in different teams including:

- Community based treatment services: providing assessment, coordinating treatment and working partnership to support individuals. The roles include delivering structured psycho-social interventions in group and one to one level to enable our service users to acquire thinking skills and behaviours to make lasting change.
- Homeless outreach provision: Targeting homeless individuals, offering a flexible and outreach response to highly vulnerable individuals sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation
- Criminal Justice rehabilitation/recovery services: working closely with the Probation Services, Prisons and Police to provide a rapid, tailored response to individuals that support their recovery and rehabilitation

As a Harm Reduction Advanced Practitioner we offer a starting salary of £27,300 rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £31,937 per year. (Dependent on experience you may be offered a starting salary above the initial starting salary).

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Whether you are looking to progress into a management and leadership role or to be a specialist in your field, Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.

**Role Responsibility**:

- Carry a designated caseload of service users with complex needs that may include one of the following: mental health, long term conditions, criminal justice, offending behaviour, homelessness, motivational interviewing, safeguarding, family work;
- Conduct assessments of need and risk assessments and formulate risk management plans and recovery plans that recognise the personal recovery goals of the service user;
- Effective partnership working with members of any multi-disciplinary team and other agencies and coordinate multi-agency meetings when appropriate;
- Deliver interventions that are underpinned by a strong evidence base;
- Participate in clinical meetings and complex case meeting and be confident and competent at presenting cases orally and through written reports;
- Support the learning and development of Recovery Workers and Trainee Recovery Workers, providing specialist input into Multi-Disciplinary Meetings;
- Provide supervision, mentoring and coaching to staff to support their development, learning and standards of care;
- Being known as a knowledgeable in a designated specialism within the service (e.g. substance use and mental health, Homelessness/complex needs, domestic abuse, mental capacity);
- Ensuring achievement of key performance indicators relevant to your role;
- Delivering internal learning events and representing Turning Point nationally if required in your specialist area.

You’ll understand alcohol and other substance use issues and the challenges and opportunities for individuals on a recovery journey. You will also have previous experience or knowledge of working in a health and social care setting, as well as an understanding of the importance of partnership working and communication between agencies. Some experience of leading a team, working to deliver targets, and supporting partnership working will be advantageous.

We value individual creativity and initiative and, whatever your role, you will be fully involved in identifying opportunities to improve the quality of our services and the service user experience. Your ideas will be listened to, and your suggestions implemented wherever possible. You will be supported in your role by extensive training to help develop your skills. Our learning culture encourages everyone to stay on top of the latest developments in their field and helps drive service improvement.

**About us**:
**What Benefits Will I Receive?**

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career - we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

- Comprehensive learning and development opportunities so we can invest in your future - we’re proud to have a silver accreditation from _Investors in People. _Choose from our range of courses to gain recognised qualifications
- 28 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 30 days. Plus the option to buy additio

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