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Job summary

Main area
Addictions
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
333-D-AD-0601
Employer
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Old Bank House
Town
Uxbridge
Salary
£36,943 - £44,900 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/04/2026 23:59

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Addictions Recovery Practitioner (Rough Sleeper's)

NHS AfC: Band 5

 

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.  We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. 

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation.  We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.  We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles.  For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our   Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a new team operating in the community across the London Borough of Hillingdon.

We are seeking a outreach recovery practitioner to support a multidisciplinary team to help engage with the homeless population who struggle with substance use within the borough of Hillingdon.  The team use holistic assertive outreach techniques to support service users to access community-based  drug and alcohol treatment  and to secure long-term accommodation.

Main duties of the job

The role will be part of the Addictions Recovery Community, Hillingdon (ARCH) team, based in Uxbridge, but predominantly community-facing, working in sites across the borough.

With a keen interest to work within the field of addiction psychiatry. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to engage with hard to reach individuals to provide treatment within a variety of community based settings. You will have a range of therapeutic skills to support service users such as motivational interviewing techniques to encourage service users to work towards recovery.  Knowledge of dual diagnosis, physical health and assessment skills would be beneficial.

The successful applicant will be expected to be able to assess and manage substance misusing clients by applying the concepts of harm minimisation approaches, relapse prevention, motivational Interviewing, detoxification programmes according to their clinical needs, and in accordance with up-to-date evidence-based practice and relevant Trust clinical protocol and policies.

 

Working for our organisation

The Addictions Directorate within CNWL Foundation Trust is a large, well-established provider offering a wide range of specialist NHS drug and alcohol treatment interventions to the diverse and multicultural populations in Central and North West London. Our drug and alcohol services include community services, A&E liaison services, Peripatetic nurses, Family Therapy, a National Problem Gambling Service and a Club Drug Clinic.

Our substance misuse services are dedicated to helping reduce the harm caused by substance misuse; helping people overcome their dependency and problematic use of substances. We are proud to help both service users and their families rebuild their lives and enable recovery. We are committed to working in partnership with other providers and service users in local systems of treatment and recovery.


We are a forward-facing trust who believes in training and development of nurses skills and can prioritise supporting prospective applicants to learn new skills in working with providing service users addictions support. We have ample opportunities to gain a greater understanding of essential skills underpinning clinical  practice such as motivational interviewing techniques, relapse management and clinical specialist skills such venepuncture, ECG, dry blood spot testing and fibro scan training. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide specialist drug and alcohol outreach clinics for local hostels, homeless individuals and organise health services in the local authority catchment
  • To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the management and treatment provision of a range of specialist services to service users experiencing difficulties with drugs and alcohol. Interventions include harm minimisation approaches, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, ITEP care planning, individual interventions,  general health assessment, wound assessment and management, injecting site assessment, lifestyle assessment and physical health assessment including urine drug screening. The role includes using skills in mental health assessment, referral to appropriate mental health services and psychosocial group work
  • To promote health and wellbeing and improve health inequalities by completing a range of health checks and to be able to assess service users general health and provide early intervention treatment, sign posting and referral to other organised health services
  • To develop and maintain pathways into specialist services to ensure the health and well-being of residents is met, including primary care services. To sign post service users to the appropriate health care settings to meet their needs.
  • To manage a caseload of service users accessing rough sleepers support. To ensure safety is maintained and risks are escalated appropriately. To ensure that gold standard holistic care is provided to individuals accessing addictions support.

Person specification

Training & Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Completed Recovery Practitioner training
  • Evidence of further training in relation to personal recovery principles
Desirable criteria
  • Accredited certificate in Life Coaching

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Own personal lived experience of mental health challenges
  • Experience of working in a range of health and/or social care settings as a peer support worker
  • Experience of supporting individuals to access opportunities beyond mental health services
Desirable criteria
  • Undertaking evaluations, audit and research

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of personal recovery principles and values
  • Ability to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Trust
  • Ability to challenge issues in relation to stigma, low expectations and discriminatory practice in an effective manner

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDWe are a Living Wage EmployerEmployers for CarersPurple SpaceHealthy Workplace - Excellence 2018Veteran AwareNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeNational Autistic SocietyDisability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.AccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Step into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeArmed Forces CovenantStonewall Gold 2024Working Chance - unlocking women's potentialProud Employer

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Erin Brew
Job title
Rough Sleepers Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02038387850
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