An exciting, varied and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a talented and motivated individual to work in partnership with criminal justice partners including Prisons, Police, Liaison and Diversion Schemes, Courts, and Probation as well as Housing, Employment and Mental Health providers to help improve lives and reduce the cycle of drug and alcohol related offending. As part of the 10-year Drug Strategy to tackle drug-related crime and reduce drug-related deaths, we are looking for a Senior Practitioner to support the Team Leader to inspire and lead a small team focussed upon recovery from cannabis and cannabinoid addiction.
Providing collaborative recovery planning to substance misusers within the treatment process (drug and alcohol) guiding individual recovery journeys, through treatment to sustained recovery. You will be working in a small team of recovery delivery professionals designing and delivering recovery solutions in collaboration with the probation service across West Yorkshire. Group facilitation skills and training delivery experience of short rolling courses are key to this appointment. This Job Description is not definitive and outlines key accountabilities – colleagues are expected to be flexible regarding their responsibilities and will from time to time be asked to carry out other duties to ensure achievement of organisation goals.
In addition to carrying a caseload, the post holder will work as a senior member of the team supporting the Team Leader by demonstrating day to day senior navigator leadership and performing a range of delegated tasks from the list of duties noted below. While the Team Leader ultimately holds full responsibility and accountability for the duties listed below as part of their role, one of the key purposes of the senior role is to step in and take responsibility when the Team Leader is absent from the project for reasons such as leave, off site at meetings/ training or during any unplanned absence (illness).
For role clarity the additional responsibilities are set out as follows:
- Additional routine duties
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Delegated duties in the absence of the Team Leader
The Team Leader will provide support, training, mentoring and supervision to the Senior Practitioner on taking up the additional responsibilities for assurance against delegated duties in the absence of the Service Manager.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure that directly employed staff have a manageable workload. Providing supervision (with reflective practice) and support staff to improve service user outcomes through observed practice. Ensuring professional standards are met and best practice is implemented.
- Assure that staff working in the service produce a comprehensive coordinated care package with each service user that is implemented and reviewed to address specific needs of the individual and that treatment is fully integrated with local partners including the clients formal and informal support networks.
- Empower staff to promote hope, empowerment, choices, and opportunities that assist service users reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.
- Ensuring quality of service delivery through data analysis and engaging staff in service quality improvement planning and where required produce service improvement plans.
- Ensure that all safeguarding issues for children and adults are dealt with in accordance with Create Strength Group policies, procedures, and local and national requirements. Work with your team and designated Safeguarding lead to ensure that the practices within the teams enable identification of service users and children at risk. Ensuring that staff are supported and competent in their delivery of interventions that reduce risk.
- Have direct contact by carrying a number of clients on own caseload.
Additional routine duties:
- To Support the Service Manager with named casework and casework supervision where delegated and recording all actions in accordance with team and organisational protocols.
- Deal with day-to-day routine enquiries – this includes providing guidance and support to staff on ad hoc case direction and recording all actions in accordance with team and organisational protocols.
- To undertake training and mentoring of staff where delegated.
- Supporting the advocacy actions for clients including production of letters, forms, documents, emails, meeting attendance where delegated.
- Ensure team timely completion of trackers in accordance with the team protocols.
- To support the management of incidents within the service where delegated.
- To support the management of concerns, complaints and allegations raised about the service or individuals working in the service (staff, volunteers) in accordance with policies and procedures and where delegated.
- Attending internal and external meetings District Steering Groups, delivering talks and training to promote the profile of the services of Create Strength Group throughout the district and beyond where delegated.
- Support data management and monitoring ensuring team comply with data recording and reporting requirements and deadlines.
Delegated duties in the absence of the Team Leader
- Oversee and support attendance management within the team – i.e. coordinating cover of diaries and managing team absence.
- Authorise Annual Leave, training, and sickness absence.
- To manage all incidents within the programme in accordance with team protocols and organisational polices.
- Developing and having oversight of risk assessment plans and provide guidance and direction.
- To manage safeguarding casework and reporting in accordance with team and organisation protocols
- Chair team meetings and ensure notes are recorded and actions undertaken.
- Support data management and monitoring for the unit including completing the end of quarter narrative report, this would be in exceptional circumstances.
- To manage, concerns, complaints and allegations raised about the service or individuals working in the service (staff, volunteers, students) in accordance with policies and procedures.
- To undertake tasks as requested by the Director of Operations or Senior Management Team.
Further Information
If you require further information about the role or wish to have an informal conversation regarding any aspect of the application process, please contact us on tel: 07759 053653 project.administrator@cslhg.org
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