Job summary

BEH -MHT delivers specialist drug and alcohol treatment services. We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Worker to join our new rough sleepers’ team which is part of our established and psychosocial team at The Enable. We are looking for dynamic workers to join our multi-disciplinary team with a strong commitment to providing high quality treatment with a client centred approach working specifically with rough sleepers.

Enable is a Substance Misuse Service which is run in partnership with Humankind. We operate in Enfield to provide a wide range of substance misuse services to local residents including, substitute prescribing, community detox, criminal justice, community care assessments, a comprehensive group work programme, primary health care as well as a wide range of interventions to non-opiate and alcohol users.

We have recently been awarded funding to work with rough sleepers in community settings hence this post will require working from a variety of sites in Enfield.

This is a part time job for 3 days a week.

Main duties of the job

  • Work as a member of a specialist drug & alcohol team, providing information, advice, assessment, caseload management, recovery and harm reduction services to drug & alcohol users who are sleeping rough or have a history of homelessness.
  • Work in partnership with homelessness and health providers, and other relevant agencies to engage this vulnerable and complex population in treatment, working collaboratively to break down barriers and develop innovative and robust pathways to engage this client group in treatment.
  • Be responsible for undertaking drug & alcohol assessments of homeless service users, in partnership with homelessness and other health providers and will develop and implement complex, responsive and service user focused treatment and recovery plans.

You will need to hold a relevant qualification and will have experience of working within a community drug & alcohol service and opiate substitute prescribing as will as working with rough sleepers.

About us

BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care.

BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC. We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19.

Date posted

28 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,163 to £37,875 a year Per annum, Inclusive of Outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

306-BEH-470-A

Job locations

Claverings Centre

12 Centre Way

London

N9 0AH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the link attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the link attached.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Relevant qualification in the field of drug & alcohol use or social care
  • Min requirement NVQ level 3

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Recent and relevant experience of working with those affected by drug & alcohol use and homelessness
  • Experience of assessment of drug and alcohol users with complex needs, including homelessness.
  • Experience of working with a clients on Opiate Substitute Treatment
  • Experience of complex case management in a community setting
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

  • Ability to work independently if necessary and as part of a team, coupled with the ability to share skills, knowledge and experience
  • The ability to conduct strength based assessment in partnership with other professionals
  • Ability to establish working therapeutic relationships and maintain professional boundaries across multiple homelessness settings
  • Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to clients and other professionals

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

  • The ability to quickly respond to changing and unpredictable service user behaviour and manage situations accordingly.
Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Relevant qualification in the field of drug & alcohol use or social care
  • Min requirement NVQ level 3

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Recent and relevant experience of working with those affected by drug & alcohol use and homelessness
  • Experience of assessment of drug and alcohol users with complex needs, including homelessness.
  • Experience of working with a clients on Opiate Substitute Treatment
  • Experience of complex case management in a community setting
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

  • Ability to work independently if necessary and as part of a team, coupled with the ability to share skills, knowledge and experience
  • The ability to conduct strength based assessment in partnership with other professionals
  • Ability to establish working therapeutic relationships and maintain professional boundaries across multiple homelessness settings
  • Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information to clients and other professionals

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

  • The ability to quickly respond to changing and unpredictable service user behaviour and manage situations accordingly.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .