Advanced Recovery Practitioner - DAWS

Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Hammersmith & Fulham 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 an Advanced Recovery Practitioner we offer a starting salary of £29,758 + £3,633 IWL rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £34,812 + £3,633 ILW 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 at Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.,
• 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.
Role specifics:
• Actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and other service meetings, offering support and guidance to colleagues, to chair such meetings in absence of Team Leader
• Deputising for Team Leader during planned and unplanned absences
• Acting as a subject matter expert for colleagues and offering support and advice through training, development sessions, coaching/mentoring
• Undertaking case file audits collaboratively with Team Leaders for Recovery Workers who providing mentoring/support to. To provide feedback to Recovery Workers to Support Practice improvement
• Undertaking observations of group and 1:2:1 session of colleagues and providing feedback to support practice improvement
• Allowing Recovery Workers to shadow and observe your own practice to support their learning and development
The Ideal Candidate Essential Requirements:
• 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.
Desirable:
• Relevant qualification (e.g. Health and Social Care, Nursing; Social Work, psychology degree).
  
  As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

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:
• 25 days' paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees. Turning Point Benefits
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. Turning Point, Salary Starting salary £29,758 with annual pay progression up to £34,812 + £3,633 ILW