Experience of working within substance misuse and criminal justice knowledge or a related Health and Social Care setting is essential as well as experience of delivering structured treatment groups.

You must be committed, resourceful and highly motivated to engage people within treatment services and promote recovery through their daily practice.

You will be co located within Chester probation offices and our Chester Hub as part of Dependency and Recovery to improve continuity of care upon release from prison to achieve people who use our services recovery journey goals, via 1:1s and structured groupwork, and case manage clients on probation alongside the Probation Practitioners.

Your duties will include:

• assessing their needs, delivering effective interventions, completing detailed reports, and working closely with our criminal justice partner agencies, clinical team and other partner agencies.
• conducting assessments for clients, including Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) and Drugs Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR) assessments.
• managing a case load and coordinating and delivering assessments and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning.
• delivering harm reduction advice, psychosocial interventions, needle & syringe exchanges, Blood borne virus testing and interventions, drug testing and overdose prevention advice.

An empathetic and non-judgmental approach is imperative, as this role involves working with a wide range of challenging issues and behaviours.

Good time management and team working skills are essential in this fast-paced service.