Practitioner - Adults Substance Misuse, with Additional Responsibility for Groups
Permanent Full Time - 37.5hrs per week
Salary - £21,500 per annum + 5% pension scheme
Location – Welcome, Middlewood House, Chelmsley Wood, B37 7UR
Reports to – Service Manager
Role Summary
Based within the Solihull Integrated Addiction Service (SIAS) Treatment team, the Practitioner – Adults Substance Misuse with Additional Responsibility for Groups will support the delivery of adults treatment services by providing advice, assessment, brief interventions, structured interventions and group programmes to drug, alcohol, gambling, and family service users. The post holder will have lead responsibility across SIAS for the development and delivery of group sessions for adults in treatment. These groups will form a balanced offer, designed to provide an introduction to SIAS, support treatment and form a bridge into recovery.
Practitioners must be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the theoretical models of addiction and behaviour change.
In addition to holding a caseload, Practitioners are required to promote knowledge and understanding of drug, alcohol, gambling and family issues by developing and delivering training and awareness to partner agency staff, external professionals, local services and the wider public.
Practitioners are expected to be flexible with work patterns to meet the requirements of the service. This may include some evening and weekend work.
Practitioners normally need to travel as part of their role and must be willing to work from various locations as required by the service. As well as working from SIAS offices, Practitioners will be expected to work from alternative premises including, primary care settings, outreach settings, criminal justice settings, youth settings and partner satellite offices.
PLEASE NOTE: At present Practitioners are working in a bubble system for going in to the main SIAS office. This means working from home for a week then in the office for a week. This is subject to change dependant on advice in relation to safe working round COVID-19.
Closing Date: Thursday 30th September 2021 (midnight)
Download Job Description: JD Practitioner – Adults Substance Misuse, with Additional Responsibilities for Groups
Download Application Form: Application for Employment Form – Welcome SIAS
Please email completed application form to sally.edwards@welcome-charity.org.uk
Enquiries to Sally Edwards on 07983 427311
Please note: CV’s will be not be accepted
