Job summary
- Main area
- Public Health and Substance Misuse Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 388-6103001-NMC-A
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Shrublands House
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Recovery Coordinator Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Torbay Recovery Initiatives (TRI) drug and alcohol service is looking for a Recovery Coordinator to join our passionate and friendly team.
The usual hours of works are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
You will be joining a warm and highly supportive multi-disciplinary team of dedicated colleagues who work together to offer the best possible service to the people they serve. Excellent communication skills are required and an ability to liaise with all stakeholders involved; including people accessing the service, carers, third sector providers and other services and agencies.
The TRI service is part of the Growth In Action (GIA) alliance which includes our local Homelessness Hostel delivered by Torbay Council and Torbay Domestic Abuse Service (TDAS) which is delivered by Sanctuary. Therefore, knowledge in these areas would also be beneficial. GIA employs a trauma-informed approach for those who access our services but also assumes that all of us have potentially experienced trauma and therefore key principles should be applied throughout our daily work.
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people referred with a coexisting and identified drug/alcohol problem, and move them through a treatment leading to sustainable recovery from all substances of misuse.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) have an exciting opportunity as a Recovery Coordinator within the Torbay Drug and Alcohol Service.
This role will be based at Shrublands House in Torquay supporting a partnership approach to working between Devon Partnership Trust and TSDFT. The service is part of a Multiple Complex Needs Alliance with Torbay Domestic Abuse services and with the local Homelessness Hostel.
Working for our organisation
The TRI service is part of the Growth In Action (GIA) alliance which includes our local Homelessness Hostel delivered by Torbay Council and Torbay Domestic Abuse Service (TDAS) which is delivered by Sanctuary. Therefore, knowledge in these areas would also be beneficial. GIA employs a trauma-informed approach for those who access our services but also assumes that all of us have potentially experienced trauma and therefore key principles should be applied throughout our daily work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specific details that are attached with this advertisement.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Relevant Professional Qualification in Health / Social Care/Allied Health Professional
- • Proven knowledge of the theory and practice of interventions to support problematic alcohol and drug users
- • Administration skills including IT and standard desktop applications and packages
- • Proven experience of working in partnership with professionals from a number of agencies
Desirable criteria
- • Trauma Informed Approach Training
- • Supervision/Appraisal Training
- • Skilled in working with a highly complex client group exhibiting challenging behaviour
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Moore
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07391734456
- Additional information
We welcome anyone who is interested in this post to arrange for an informal visit to Shrublands to meet the team.
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