Substance Misuse Group Facilitator - The Society of St James
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Substance Misuse Group Facilitator
Portsmouth Substance Misuse Services, The Recovery Hub
37 Hours Full Time, permanent. Mon-Fri with occasional evening and weekend work
Salary Scale: 22-26 (£24,774 - £28,057 per annum)
About Us
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Charity and Housing Association. The Society of St James (SSJ) has been working in Hampshire for over 40 years, delivering high impact, person-centred, accommodation services to adults and young people experiencing homelessness, problematic substance use and mental health problems. We believe that every person is of worth and we are prepared to take risks to house and support the most vulnerable and socially excluded members of society.
The Role
You will work in the Adult Substance Misuse Community Service at The Recovery Hub in Southsea. The ideal candidate will encourage service users to participate in activities within our day rehab and the local community and assist them in identifying suitable work, fellowship, leisure, housing and voluntary activities. You will also support in delivering groups, as part of the psychosocial programme.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with substance misuse and mental health client groups, have an excellent knowledge of the impact of substance misuse on individuals, families and the wider community and be able to manage a client caseload safely and effectively. You will understand the impact of substance use and alcohol dependency and offer a range of interventions and support available to help people make their lives better.
The Ideal Candidate
You will work in a person-centred approach to support individuals who want to make changes to their lives by supporting them to access interventions that are important to them. Good risk management skills are essential, as well as a strong ability to build meaningful relationships with our service users. This will enable SSJ to deliver our purpose to create engaging opportunities for growth and development for employees and our service user’s alike.
The ideal candidate trauma-informed and compassionate approach to dealing with individuals with complex needs and challenging behaviour. You will also be able to maintain professional boundaries at all times and demonstrate self-awareness at all levels.
The ideal candidate will have experience of facilitation of groups in line with best practice in line with clinical guidelines and DANOS competencies.
Staff Benefits
We value and recognise our staff, offering some generous benefits, as well as the satisfaction of helping people at risk:
- A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days rising to 30 days, plus public holidays
- Flexible working options
- Buying additional annual leave
- Comprehensive induction and training
- Counselling, financial, personal support and health and wellbeing services via our Employee Assistance Programme
- Company cycle to work scheme
- Discounted laptops and computers with Jamie’s Computers
explaining why you would be suitable for the position.
Please note that CV's alone will not be considered during shortlisting.
Application closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 4th March 2024
Interview date: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Successful applications will be contacted by phone on Thursday 7th March 2024. Please ensure to include a Covering Letter along with CV when applying for this position, outlining why you are the best candidate for the job.
Due to the high number of expected applicants, we do reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier.
Should you not hear from us within 7 days of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.