Active Treatment Worker

Job Description

DDAS Active Treatment Worker
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Reports To: Team Leader

Location: DDAS Ceredigion.

Salary: £25,000 per annum FTE

Hours: Part time, 22 hours per week. Worked over 3 days.

FIXED TERM UNTIL MARCH 2025

THE SERVICE:

The aim of Dyfed Drug and Alcohol Service (DDAS) is to engage drug and/or alcohol users and/or their concerned others in Dyfed’s substance misuse treatment system and support them when accessing it. DDAS staff will support individuals to address substance related issues, access appropriate interventions, reduce physical dependence and related health problems, reduce drug and alcohol related offending and improve physical, psychological, family and social functioning. DDAS works with substance users and their families, friends and carers in both community and criminal justice settings, delivering specific services for those involved in the criminal justice system. DDAS supports service users and their loved ones to sustain the gains they make in treatment by providing aftercare and peer support to help build social capital and prevent relapse.

DDAS is a consortium comprising three organisations, Barod, Kaleidoscope Project and G4S. DDAS is delivered throughout the geographical regions of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire. DDAS is aimed at adult drug and/or alcohol users aged 18 years of age and over, and their families, friends and carers.

DDAS services are provided in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, and professional manner and in a way that demonstrates courtesy and respect for individuals using substances, and sensitivity to their unique personal situations and experiences.

ROLE PROFILE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

In this role you will be responsible for the following:

· Engage service users in Dyfed’s substance misuse treatment system

· Deliver evidence-based and manualised brief interventions and semi-structured interventions both in group-work settings and on a one-to-one basis to substance users and concerned others

· Conduct high level assessments including risk assessment

· Deliver harm reduction initiatives including Needle and Syringe Programmes, Naloxone training, and Dried Blood Spot Testing Services

· Engage service users and concerned others via open access provision

· Refer to the Single Point of Contact and staff it on a rota basis

· Support referral to external Tier 3 and 4 substance misuse service providers

· Support the Resilient Families Manager with the services safeguarding elements; to include interventions, campaigns and activities

· Deliver Parent And Carer Training (PACT) programme

· Devise, with service users and concerned others, individually tailored time-limited support and care plans, based on a clear assessment of need that assists individuals in building social capital

· Liaise closely with DDAS Aftercare, Criminal Justice and Young Person’s teams

· and Interventions Workers, external Tier 3 providers including CDAT, IFSS

· Actively influence and support service users and concerned others in co-production and service user involvement in shaping service provision

· Encourage active participation in mutual aid groups including SMART recovery, 12-step fellowship groups (NA/AA) and peer-led recovery hubs and service user groups

· Promote healthier lives, wellbeing and active citizenship

· Research, develop and implement online recovery resources
· Promote and encourage service user and concerned other participation in local, regional and national recovery events
· Research and produce information for publications, leaflets and web pages

· Mediate on a service users’ behalf, for example, by writing letters, making phone calls or attending meetings and providing supported referrals to related agencies

· Enter data onto the DDAS case management system, Palbase, and use the system effectively to inform work with service users and concerned others

· Enter data onto all other required databases such as Neo

· Provide training and promotional presentations to internal staff or external organisations as required

· Support volunteers in the delivery of DDAS

· Take up DDAS’ arrangements for support and supervision and participate in all relevant internal meetings

· Co-operate with requests from DDAS management and administration

· Work with line manager to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other targets set by funders or targets set internally.

· Undertake other reasonable duties as requested, but which may not be specified within the job description

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The post holder is expected to promote and support the concerned other PACT group and peer support group, and also support the wider training and campaigns of DDAS. This support includes participation and facilitation at training, events and other group work activities as appropriate and when requested by the Comms and Campaigns or Resilient Families Managers.

This post has been identified as requiring the post holder to provide evidence of BBV immunisation status in order to carry out the role effectively. The role may require the post holder to undertake Dry Blood Spot Testing/ Substance Misuse Testing/ Working in Needle Exchange or is a clinical role and therefore Kaleidoscope wishes to ensure that staff are not at risk of infection or transmission of a disease that may affect their own or patient safety. Staff will therefore need to evidence their immunisation history, exemption or non-responder on commencement of employment or at routine intervals at the request of the Organisation.

The post holder will have responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults/ children (as appropriate) where the employee has responsibility or contact with the vulnerable person.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: £25,750.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person