Trainee Relational Detox Recovery Practitioner

Closing date: November 14th, 2022

Job Title:

Responsible to:

Service Manager

Responsible for:

N/A

Hours of Work:

16 hours per week

Location:

YMCA Liverpool – RISE L8

Salary and benefits:

£10,574.72 per annum
25 Days Annual leave including holidays per annum
Paid Medicash support
Birthday bonus
Charity day of your choice
Well-being Hours
Cycle To Work Scheme
Refer a Friend Scheme
Christmas Voucher
Company Pension Scheme 4%
Funded Training Opportunities

YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. We were founded in 1846 and so we build on a long history of providing a place for people to find acceptance, community and activity. We provide services across the YMCA work streams of accommodation, family work, health and well-being and training and education.

Our accommodation offer is made up of: supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness; intensive support for individuals with complex needs; move on accommodation for individuals closer to independence; specialist service for individuals with mental health needs; people in recovery from addiction and a young offenders service

Our work around health and wellbeing includes a large leisure centre in Southport and targeted health interventions.

Within the training and education workstream, we deliver therapeutic horticulture, animal care and low impact sports at our Dutch Farm project based in South Liverpool.

Our Mission is to inspire and support people by:

instilling hope
valuing the person
maximising potential

Service

The post holder will be based in RISE Rehabilitation Service South Liverpool. The RISE is a residential setting for people with substance misuse issues. The service currently offers a fully integrated model incorporating elements of pre-engagement, a treatment program and ongoing support, in a supported housing setting, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year for a minimum of 30 single people at any one time.

YMCA Together ensures that every service we deliver is psychologically informed and underpinned by Cognitive Analytical Therapy offering a wide range of support and assistance that empowers and enables people to have a range of choices and create positive, sustainable futures for themselves.

Hours of Work

The service will be staffed 24/7 and the post holder will be working core hours over 5 days, this may include weekends and bank holidays

Job Purpose

Relational Detox Recovery Practitioners will be responsible for holding a case load of residents, who are referred as pre detox service users . Their role will be to deliver evidenced based, therapeutic one to one and group recovery interventions and support which focuses on Pre, during and post detox. All staff will be expected to undergo Cognitive Analytic Therapy Skills Training (CAT) this will provide a framework for understanding and working with individuals and colleagues in managing psychological and relational aspects of mental health, personality disorder and high risk behaviours. Training will also be provided around Trauma Informed Care. These approaches will be used for planning and assessing effectiveness of a variety of interventions and risk management.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Relational Detox Recovery Practitioner will be responsible for managing a small caseload of Service Users and will have to deliver, coordinate, groups and provide comprehensive non-clinical one to one interventions. To promote and support detoxification liaising with the prescribing service

The promotion, preparation and the delivery of individualised, bespoke community detoxification packages across the service will be essential within the role, ensuring that both medically assisted and non-medically assisted community detoxification options are accessible to all service users. The post-holder will provide urinalysis screening, risk assessments, recovery planning and care plan reviews on a regular basis, adhering to titration and prescribing pathways as per standard operating procedures.

Providing therapeutic support that empowers them to plan a positive and sustainable future.
To promote healthier life style choices and empower service users to increase their recovery capital to support detoxification holistically (pre, during and post detox)
To provide effective case management and coordination of the individual recovery plans – with specific reference to detoxification completion and support available during detoxification period
To promote, prepare and provide detoxification as a viable treatment option for all service users
Support Planning, risk assessing and safeguarding
SU Involvement and engagement
Reporting/ Monitoring

Support Planning and risk assessing

Support people to achieve their goals and targets as defined/ agreed within their recovery plans
Manage, update and communicate service users risk assessments in line with YMCA Together/City Wide policy and procedure
Plan and facilitate evidenced based, therapeutic one to one and group interventions for pre detox, during detox and post detox
Effectively assess, plan, monitor and review all stages of client’s detoxification journey using designated tools within agreed time scales.
Plan and facilitate workshops to individuals and groups that inform/ teach service users around healthy relationships, promote healthy lifestyles, how to manage a tenancy, manage a home and live independently
Recognise personal and professional boundaries at all times and work in line with YMCA Together policies and procedures.
Ensure people shape their own support and take part in all activities activities that are identified on time table.

Household Involvement and engagement

Encourage involvement, participation and co-production from people in the running and development of the service
Provide a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages people to engage
Ensure appropriate recommendations are made for the use of the Service User Personalisation Budget

Multi Agency Working

Encourage and support to people with additional needs ensuring all appropriate referrals are made
Promote and encourage the pathway to independence working to a Whole Family Approach
Acting as nominated champion to maintain key partnerships and links

Reporting/ Monitoring

Monitor positive feedback from people and external agencies
Ensure referrals to the programme are processed thoroughly and within the correct time frames

Health and Safety

Liaise with all emergency services
Ensure at all times the safety of yourself and others on the premises in which you work
Conduct Health and Safety checks as required
Report, log and communicate all incidents to the appropriate people
Conduct welfare checks as specified during your shift
Ensure adherence to YMCA Together visitor’s policy and procedure
Adhere to all Risk Management Protocols

Internal relationships

Excellent communication with all YMCA Together staff
Flexible and positive approach with all team members
To be committed to learning and personal development both as an individual and as part of a team
Sharing information and expertise with the team, covering absence, and working Together to provide a high quality service
Attend team meetings as required
To operate to the care/support plan for residents regarding medication handling and in line with the YMCA Together medication policy.

External relationships

Develop and maintain working relationships; including regular three way meetings with prescribing service and detox provision
To work in partnership with community Pharmacists ensuring clear communication pathways in relation to and dispensing of relevant and appropriate detoxification medication.
Develop excellent working relationships with the LCC Commissioners and multi disciplinary team and ensure successful delivery of outcomes
Develop excellent and robust relationships, protocols, contacts and service level agreements with referring agencies, statutory services and wider stakeholders
Attend meetings with external partners as required to develop the service model and ensure all the KPI’s and outcomes of the service are met

General

Uphold and develop YMCA Together Equal Opportunities policy of anti discrimination across all services
Ensure compliance with Code of conduct, including professional boundaries and confidentiality at all times
Deal promptly with all complaints
Report all safeguarding incidents
Familiarise yourself with and ensure compliance with all YMCA TOGETHER policies and procedures
Prepare for and attend supervision and annual appraisal with your line manager taking direction as appropriate and contributing to the development of both yourself and the service

The post holder will be expected to carry out other duties consistent with the responsibilities of the post and to demonstrate flexibility in all areas of their work including the willingness to attend team meetings and training outside of your normal working hours.

It is recognised that the association is operating in a dynamic environment and as such this job description may be varied in consultation with the post holder to reflect evolving needs of the business and changing nature of the job

Person Specification – Relational Community Detox Recovery Practitioner

Qualifications

Essential

Significant relevant experience or equivalent qualification
Qualification or significant relevant working experience in substance misuse, homelessness, mental health, housing or advice

Desirable

Qualification in mental health/therapeutic approaches
Qualification in training
Qualification in IT

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years experience of working within a substance misuse service or support service
Experience of community or inpatient opioid detoxification
Experience of partnership working
Experience of creative support planning and target setting
Experience of support planning using “The Outcome Star”
Experience of formulating risk assessments
Experience of resettling individuals into independent accommodation

Desirable

Experience of working within a psychologically informed environment (PIE)

Knowledge

Essential

A working knowledge of Health & Safety issues
A clear understanding and specific knowledge of complex needs support issues such as domestic violence. homelessness, mental health, substance misuse and offending
Knowledge of Safeguarding protocols
Knowledge of “Empowerment Star”
Knowledge of health intervention and services for women and children

Desirable

Knowledge of the Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)

Skills

Essential

Computer literate, competent in working with Microsoft word, outlook , windows
The ability to plan and facilitate workshops
Commitment to multi agency working and best practice
Ability to develop and deliver a high quality person centred approach
The ability to support service users who display challenging behavior including verbal aggression

Desirable

Analytical, data collation and reporting skills

Behaviour/ attributes

Essential

Committed to improving the lives of people in recovery
Committed to own personal development and CPD planning
Creative and dynamic approach with the ability to “think outside of the box” when providing solutions
Energetic, highly motivated with a reputation of being held in high regard by their peers
Excellent interpersonal/ communication skills
Excellent negotiation/ mediation skills
Committed to own career development
Reliable
Ability to work within and have commitment to YMCA Together’s ethos, philosophy and SHREK values, Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness.
Energetic, dynamic and self motivated

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