Would you like the opportunity to join an experienced and highly motivated team within Criminal Justice, you will be expected to assist offenders along their journey to recovery from Drug and Alcohol addiction. This will involve both clinical and physco-social interventions. The main aim of our service is to help offenders recover and reduce offending, making our communities a safer place to live.
Ideally you will have a relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience in a Criminal Justice/ health or social care setting with:
Experience of assessing service users needs and involving them in the planning of their care
Experience of inducting and mentoring junior members of staff
Experience of working as part of a team in order, to achieve a shared vision/goal. Experience of maintaining quality standards in ones work
Experience of delivering Arrest Referral, Required Assessment, conditional caution, and other initiative to drug and Alcohol users involved with the criminal justice system.
You should have the ability to handle challenging situations and behave in a professional manner, be able to communicate with a wide range of people including: service users, carers, members of the public and other professionals
Have a positive regard for substance misusers and to understand the importance of involving them in their care
Ability to use ones own initiative and work autonomously, seeking support and advice where necessary and have good organisational skills.
Ability to present information in an effective and professional manner
IT skills and ability to use Microsoft Word, spreadsheets, Internet and e.mails
Commitment to ones own professional development
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from people who have experienced mental health problems.
Please ensure you read the job description and person specification attached below and that your supporting information reflects this, as your application will be judged against these criteria.
All successful applicants will be notified via the email address provided and all further correspondence will be through email, therefore please ensure that you regularly check your emails after the closing date for this post. Please note that we would be grateful if you could provide us with email addresses for your referees when prompted by the application form.
If you do not receive any correspondence from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, Please assume that on this occasion you have not been successful at the short-listing stage.
Please note, this vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications have been received.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
All Trust employees are required to adhere to the principles of effective and safe safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
"Data Quality - The post holder is responsible for the quality of data in use by the organisation and its partners, whether this be inputting, checking, reporting, written or verbal."
Knowledge of the physical, psychological and social effects of substance misuse and appropriate interventions and an understanding of the complex needs of this client group
Knowledge of the Criminal Justice System and Drugs Intervention Programme
Knowledge of quality assurance frameworks used within the substance misuse field
An awareness of policies & procedures in relation to confidentiality, information sharing, and child protection
Be prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
Trust Summary:
Greater Manchester West is an award winning Trust, providing health and social care services. The Trust operates district community and inpatient mental health services in Bolton, Salford and Trafford as well as specialist mental health services across the North West. We also offer local alcohol and drug services throughout several boroughs of Greater Manchester and Lancashire, as well as regional inpatient services.
This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications have been received.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester West who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. NHS Jobs - 13 months ago
