Job summary
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to upskill the range of professionals, as well as the wider community, to respond effectively to the needs of people who have drug and alcohol problems.
The post holder will provide training across the London Borough of Hounslow to health, social care and other professionals who work with people affected by substance use problems, ranging from GP to homeless services. They will also have a community involvement role and will deliver training and awareness-raising campaigns to people and groups living or working in Hounslow. This can include local firms, gyms and bus depots, faith groups or community organisations.
The post holder will have good understanding of substance use and treatment. They will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to tailor their message to different and diverse audiences. This is a great development opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working with a substance misuse team, but is also self-motivated, able to work on their own and manage own workload and schedule.
Main duties of the job
This post will be based with the team of ARC Hounslow, a large multi-disciplinary drug and alcohol service. However, the post holder will work across the LB of Hounslow to raise awareness of and deliver training on drug and alcohol harm, treatment and recovery. It is aimed at the wide range of stakeholders in the community, including clinicians and other health social care professionals, as well as the wider community.
The project is a response to the recommendations of the report by Dame Carole Black, which highlight the need for a suitably trained workforce, if we are to achieve sufficient quality and capacity of treatment. It is based on the rationale that this cannot take place in isolation in specialist substance use services only, but should also include other health and social care professionals who work with people affected by substance use problems. The post will upskill and support health and social care providers across the borough and enable them to deliver high quality and safe care to patients and improving the patient experience of local health services .
About us
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Be responsible for the day to day management of the project across the LB of Hounslow and will be a single point of contact, ensuring delivery against timelines; escalating issues and reporting highlights within the governance process as appropriate.
- Be responsible for delivering a training programme and audience-appropriate training, often on own. To promote and deliver training on evidence-based care and disseminate best practice.
- To design, develop, review, implement and evaluate the training requirements regularly, with support of others to ensure that the needs of patients and services can be met.
- To lead on the implementation at local levels of national drug and alcohol-related campaigns and World Days/Weeks/Months (e.g. Dry January, Overdose Awareness Day).
- To agree tasks and resources required to meet project objectives .
- To produce robust and realistic project plan, using appropriate methodology and leading to the implementation of actions and outcomes required to deliver the projects in line with agreed timescales.
- Maintain a full and accurate audit trail of key decisions, actions and outputs, including but not limited to risk and issue logs, project/milestone plans, update/highlight reports, and action plans, and to adjust, if targets/deadlines are not met.
- Provide support and relevant updates to the Commissioners, CNWL Addictions as required.
- To participate in the evaluation of the training and produce documents, reports and presentations on a regular basis.
- To review the project status regularly to ensure that time scales and other requirements of the project plan are being met and to present, when required, regular formal reports
- To ensure that the perspective of range of stakeholders are integrated to the work of the project, working with teams and managers to identify training needs and develop new ways of delivering training.
- To ensure the patient voice is central to planning and delivery from initial scoping discussions all the way through to agreeing evaluation and the desired outcomes of training
- Community engagement and community involvement, including to identify training needs and consider co-production.
- Manage internal and external barriers to engagement with training.
- The post holder will be required to work autonomously with minimal supervision, managing own workload and schedule.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Be responsible for the day to day management of the project across the LB of Hounslow and will be a single point of contact, ensuring delivery against timelines; escalating issues and reporting highlights within the governance process as appropriate.
- Be responsible for delivering a training programme and audience-appropriate training, often on own. To promote and deliver training on evidence-based care and disseminate best practice.
- To design, develop, review, implement and evaluate the training requirements regularly, with support of others to ensure that the needs of patients and services can be met.
- To lead on the implementation at local levels of national drug and alcohol-related campaigns and World Days/Weeks/Months (e.g. Dry January, Overdose Awareness Day).
- To agree tasks and resources required to meet project objectives .
- To produce robust and realistic project plan, using appropriate methodology and leading to the implementation of actions and outcomes required to deliver the projects in line with agreed timescales.
- Maintain a full and accurate audit trail of key decisions, actions and outputs, including but not limited to risk and issue logs, project/milestone plans, update/highlight reports, and action plans, and to adjust, if targets/deadlines are not met.
- Provide support and relevant updates to the Commissioners, CNWL Addictions as required.
- To participate in the evaluation of the training and produce documents, reports and presentations on a regular basis.
- To review the project status regularly to ensure that time scales and other requirements of the project plan are being met and to present, when required, regular formal reports
- To ensure that the perspective of range of stakeholders are integrated to the work of the project, working with teams and managers to identify training needs and develop new ways of delivering training.
- To ensure the patient voice is central to planning and delivery from initial scoping discussions all the way through to agreeing evaluation and the desired outcomes of training
- Community engagement and community involvement, including to identify training needs and consider co-production.
- Manage internal and external barriers to engagement with training.
- The post holder will be required to work autonomously with minimal supervision, managing own workload and schedule.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent
Desirable
- Training/teaching qualification
- Master’s degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in drugs and alcohol or related fields (in clinical/treatment or other capacity including research).
- Good understanding of substance misuse evidence base and good practice standards.
- Experience of project management.
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of conducting research, evaluation or audits
- Experience of identifying learning needs and developing appropriate strategies
- Experience of planning and delivering training in a range of settings e.g. formal/informal
- Experience in delivering training in a variety of media to a range of audiences
- Track record of meeting deadlines and delivering objectives in a timely manner
- Experience of gathering and analysing data from a wide variety of sources and using a variety of software packages
- Evidence of working across professional boundaries
Desirable
- Experience in developing content for education and training delivery
- Community engagement experience
- Needs assessment experience (desirable)
- Training needs assessment experience
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent
Desirable
- Training/teaching qualification
- Master’s degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in drugs and alcohol or related fields (in clinical/treatment or other capacity including research).
- Good understanding of substance misuse evidence base and good practice standards.
- Experience of project management.
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of conducting research, evaluation or audits
- Experience of identifying learning needs and developing appropriate strategies
- Experience of planning and delivering training in a range of settings e.g. formal/informal
- Experience in delivering training in a variety of media to a range of audiences
- Track record of meeting deadlines and delivering objectives in a timely manner
- Experience of gathering and analysing data from a wide variety of sources and using a variety of software packages
- Evidence of working across professional boundaries
Desirable
- Experience in developing content for education and training delivery
- Community engagement experience
- Needs assessment experience (desirable)
- Training needs assessment experience
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.
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.
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) .
