Drug and Alcohol Practitioner (E6136) - Waythrough

 

Drug and Alcohol Practitioner - VN4604 - Fixed Term Until December 2025 

Location: 3 Armley Court, Armley Road LS12 2LB

Waythrough, lead partner at Forward Leeds, is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen.  You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.

Earlier this year the Government released its ten year strategy ‘From Harm to Hope’ with funding available to create “world class” treatment services. Leeds City Council has secured enhanced funding to improve drug and alcohol treatment provision across the city which is being invested in services provided by Forward Leeds.

Forward Leeds is an integrated city-wide service supporting adults and young people who are struggling with alcohol and other drugs through dedicated prevention, early intervention and tailored programmes, supporting people to achieve and sustain recover

About the role...
Exciting opportunity to join our recovery team at our Armley HUB.

Drug & Alcohol practitioner role is a diverse and rewarding role, key duties you will undertake are:

  • Manage a caseload, devising, implementing, and reviewing on-going recovery and treatment plans.
  • Facilitate and promote individuals’ progression from initial assessment into structured treatment.
  • Provide 1:1 PSI and brief intervention support
  • Care planning and risk assessment/management
  • You will take a “whole person” holistic approach to ensure that every service user’s package of care encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.
  • Reduce substance related harm to individuals and the wider community.
  • Working collaboratively with key partners and colleagues across the city-wide partnership to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.7

About you...
Desired qualities and experience:

  • Kind
  • Caring
  • Resilient
  • Compassionate 
  • Drug and alcohol awareness
  • Experience supporting vulnerable people

Who you will be working with...
You will be working as part of our Forward Leeds Team. The team is a multi-disciplinary recovery team comprising of colleagues from diverse professional and personal backgrounds. The team includes includes Recovery Coordinators, Medics, Housing and Criminal Justice workers, Individual Placement Specialists and Volunteers. We are a supportive and welcoming team, who are passionate about supporting and promoting recovery for those we care for and within our local community.

For an informal discussion regarding the post please contact Becks Knowles 077363289638

As an Equal Opportunities employer please see below about how we can support you if you are passionate about supporting people and have transferable skills.

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The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.

Who are we…
Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site https://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers.

What can Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) offer you…
🏖️    Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
📅    Annual leave purchase scheme
💰    Enhanced occupational sick pay
 %    Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
👪    Death in service benefit
✍️    Free Will writing
👓    Eyecare vouchers
🛍️    Blue light card discount
💡    Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
🏠    Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
🏃‍♀️     Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce
🤝    Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks
 
Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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