Drug and Alcohol Criminal Justice Recovery

**Vacancy No**

VN4662

**Employment Type**

Permanent

**Hours Per Week**

37.00

**Work Pattern**

Monday to Friday

**Location**

Plummer Court

**Location Region**

North East

**Location City**

Newcastle

**Location Postal Code**

NE1 6UR

**Interview Date**

10 Dec 2024

**Job Details**

Are you looking for a fulfilling role where you can make a real difference to people's lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our well established, friendly Criminal Justice Team.

**Newcastle Treatment & Recovery** **(NTaR)** is multi agency team delivering drug and alcohol treatment for the residents of Newcastle. We pride ourselves on being safe, inventive, creative and have the needs of the community and service users at the heart of what we do. The successful post holder will match our ambition and commitment to provide the highest standards of service quality and performance within this partnership.

**About the role**
We are currently recruiting an ATR / DRR Recovery Coordinator to join our Criminal Justice Team at Newcastle Treatment & Recovery. Our team provides support for individuals who are experiencing problematic substance use. Our aim is to strengthen our existing strong Criminal Justice pathways into treatment for people effected by opiate, non-opiate and alcohol use. As part of the role, you will be working with a caseload of service users who are on court ordered Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATRs) and Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs), providing specialist, tailored and intense support to enable service users to make positive changes to their lives, working collaboratively alongside external agencies including Probation, Prison and Court. You will
- Be a main point of contact for Court as well as other Probation and Criminal Justice partners, to ensure that partnership working is effective and to give the best possible care to complex individuals.
- To complete weekly suitability assessments for Alcohol Treatment Requirements and Drug Rehabilitation Requirements and complete court reports resulting from these, liaising with staff from Courts when doing so.
- Provide targeted support for service users, from brief interventions through to structured treatment, ensuring that every recovery journey is tailored to individual priorities.
- Provide intensive support to those serving court ordered ATRs and DRRs, consisting of weekly appointments where you will be supporting them in achieving their treatment goals.
- Be an integral member of our dynamic treatment teams, working closely with team leaders and partners developing and delivering tailored support including recovery planning and case management to enable service users to make positive changes across all stages of their recovery journey.
- Offer tailored guidance in minimising harmful behaviour and support those involved within the Criminal Justice System into continued engagement with the service should they need more substantial support.
- Identify and prevent potential harm to service users and others by following local and organisational safeguarding guidelines, including referral to and engagement with relevant safeguarding authorities.
- Develop and deliver quality programs and packages of work / psychosocial interventions that meet local need.
- Support delivery of key service functions through actively participating in drug screening, duty work, access to BBV testing and immunisation service provision, prescription management, community needle exchange services and the ongoing delivery of appropriate, tailored alcohol and drug harm reduction interventions.
- Take a ‘whole person’ holistic approach, ensuring that every service user’s package of care encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, not just their substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.
- Promote visible recovery across the service and ensure peer support opportunities are relevant and accessible for all service users.

**Please note that here at Newcastle, we have parking permits available on a rota basis for all staff members.**
- We are aware of the ongoing works on the Tyne Bridge and we are happy to say that we are more than flexible with working hours due to this ongoing work, as we understand it may possibly make commuting difficult at times._

‘The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’

For full-person specifications and job details, please visit **this link.**
Who are we

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England - and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. E