Recovery Navigator

Location:

Ashington (NE63) – Northumberland, North East, United Kingdom

Salary:

£24,020 – 30,790 per year

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Advertiser:

Ad Warrior

Job ID:

130793946

Posted On:

11 July 2024

Recovery Navigator

Location: Northumberland, NE63 8BL

Salary: A£24,020 – A£30,790 per annum

The Role

Our client is excited to offer an opportunity for a Peripatetic Recovery Navigator to join their Northumberland Recovery Partnership Team.

This is a dynamic and rewarding role where you will:

* Creating, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
* Facilitate and promote the progression of individuals from initial engagement into structured treatment.
* Contribute to reducing substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
* Collaborate closely with key partners and colleagues to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.
* Have Excellent boundaries and ability ‘co-production’ principles to any stage of treatment and recovery.
* Be Able to think creatively about treatment options, changes and transitions in the context of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach.
* Encourage service users to become involved in the service and in service user forums in Calderdale that will enhance their experience and increase a sense of belonging.

By working diligently and proactively, as part of an integrated multi-agency team, you will apply intensive and co-created recovery solutions, enabling health & well-being improvements that are meaningful and sustainable.

You will provide substance misuse-specific knowledge and interventions, offering the right treatment to people, where they are at. You will be ensuring that ample treatment intensity is provided, at the appropriate pace and be able to think ahead making sure that doors are opened for enhanced recovery and mutually agreed ‘successful outcomes’ are achieved. Working to a Strength-Based Approach focusing on individuals and community assets, you will work alongside other frontline practitioners.

You will be resourceful, able to articulate yourself appropriately on behalf of your service users and resilient to change and challenges. To support this, alongside line management and multi-disciplinary clinical meetings, you will be provided with regular psychologist led reflective practice.

Please Note : As a peripatetic Recover Navigator you will be required to travel to different bases throughout Northumberland covering Absences, illnesses etc. you wont be required to hold a caseload but may be required to work across all work streams within the partnership – Mileage will be paid.

Skills and Qualifications

* NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or above or equivalent) or willing to work towards this in post.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes
* Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP.
* Delivering 1-2-1 and group therapeutic interventions
* Experience of working with carers and families

Benefits

* 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! – their wellbeing offers for their workforce
* Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

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The organisation is an equal opportunities employer

They value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. They 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 them, we want to hear for you. They also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use.

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