Community Alcohol Support Worker (CHAT)

Community Hospital Alcohol Team is a community-based team working closely with UHNM to provide alcohol support to the community of Stoke on Trent for patients that attend emergency portals with harmful use of alcohol.

We reduce the risk associated with alcohol and promote change to improve the health and social welfare of patients. The community alcohol support worker (CHAT) will support the alcohol detox nurses within the team. This post is part time, 30 hours per week.

We offer a 7-day nurse led service and our hours are 8am - 4pm providing increased support as required.

We provide Psychosocial Interventions for up to 12 weeks from discharge at UHNM, this being harm reduction, relapse prevention and seamless referrals on to recovery services.

Main duties of the job

To support earlier discharge from hospital / admission avoidance for suitable patients with alcohol related problems.

Assist Service Users who are utilising multiple emergency services i.e. ambulance, A&E, IOU, Harplands, crisis teams.

Provide increased support for service users with co-existing complex physical health needs (e.g. chronic liver disease, end of life) that require a coordinated case management approach.

Deliver increased support for people known to be difficult to engage in services and who require an assertive management approach (e.g. require home visits, greater number of contacts to remain engaged).

To assist Registered Professionals in assessments and care planning/ implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.