Complex Needs Practitioner

*£26,544 – £28,640 per annum*

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.

*Permanent, 37 hours per week*

*High Wycombe*

You have an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health related issues, and experience of working with adults in an addictions, housing or social care setting? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a *Complex Needs Practitioner (Recovery Worker).*

This role is for a service run in Partnership with an NHS Trust – MPFT Inclusion. The service is called ˜One Recovery Buckinghamshire' (ORB).Aquarius is a long established charity based in Birmingham (since 1982) with a national reach of contracts and Partnerships.

We are looking for two Complex Needs Practitioners (Recovery Worker) to join our team in High Wycombe.

The purpose of the role is to engage people in a variety of interventions, using a person centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.

All Complex Needs Practitioners (Recovery Worker) work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings. The caseload will include a mixture of community and multi-agency referral pathways including health and social care. You will join our caring multi-disciplinary teams, to help empower you to provide quality psychosocial interventions to our diverse client groups.

A core part of the role will be working with people to address holistic support needs across all aspects of the person's substance use and wellbeing. This could include diverse work related to physical and emotional health, meaningful use of time, family and relationships, community engagement and activites, accommodation, physical and emotional health, offending as well as substance use (drug use and / or alcohol use).

An energetic and confident self-starter, you have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we'll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. Experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and engaging effectively with clients in a variety of settings is essential. You'll also need a flexible approach, excellent record keeping and report writing skills and a willingness to work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings, on an outreach basis, with a central hub base at our head office.

*We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or anyone from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic group.*

*This is a rolling recruitment process; shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.*

*When applying, please upload a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.*

Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough , a large charity that specialises in mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £26,544.00-£28,640.00 per year

Work Location: In person