Practitioner
- Employer
- Nacro
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
- Salary
- £26,478 per year
- Closing date
- 2 Sep 2024
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- Function
- Community and Customer Services, Care and support
- Seniority
- Councillor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organisation Type
- Charity
Practitioner – Wolverhampton
Job type - Full time, Permanent
Salary - £26,478 per annum
Hours - 35 hours per week (+ 5 hour paid lunch)
Location - Wolverhampton
You instinctively know when an organisation is right for you. You can feel it the moment you walk through the door. That is certainly true in Nacro’s Justice & Health division.
The fact is, we are passionate about developing our people and have created a truly supportive environment that offers you the opportunity to help some of the most vulnerable people in society to turn their lives around.
So, if you’re looking to make more of your communication and caring skills - and want a career that makes a real difference - then it’s time to join our team.
Who are we looking for?
We are in search of an inspirational Practitioner, where you will be working as part of the Recovery Near team, within the Treatment team, to ensure that service users successfully achieve their planned objectives, by delivering effective interventions and taking a multi-agency approach to service delivery to ensure that the right services are available at the right time. You will ensure that front line delivery meets the contract specification and is delivered to a high standard.
The successful candidate, will have a minimum of 12-months experience of working in multi-agency setting, particularly within the Substance Misuse or associated field, as well as line-management experience. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with and motivate challenging service users from a diverse range of backgrounds, often with multiple and complex needs. Lastly, we are looking for an individual with experience of working as part of a team with a holistic approach to service delivery, particularly with experience in developing and delivering 1-1 psychosocial interventions and group activities.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Design and deliver effective interventions which are solution focused and practical.
- Undertake thorough assessments of need and develop care plans where required.
- Support service users to make progress against their objectives by providing tailored pathway interventions and making supported referrals into other agencies.
- Record, monitor and review progress against individual and service objectives in order to demonstrate impact and tangible outcomes.
- Empower and motivate service users to identify and achieve desired outcomes. Actively engage with service users in decisions that affect them ensuring they have input in shaping the nature of services delivered to them through involvement activities.
An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Full UK driving licence or access to a vehicle is desirable.
Please Apply Online.
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