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The Criminal Justice Outreach Practitioner role will support criminal justice service users within the Cheshire West & Chester integrated Drug and Alcohol Service.
Job Responsibility:
Co-located within Chester probation offices and Chester Hub as part of Dependency and Recovery to improve continuity of care upon release from prison
Achieve service users' recovery journey goals via 1:1s and structured groupwork
Case manage clients on probation alongside Probation Practitioners
Assess client needs
Deliver effective interventions
Complete detailed reports
Work closely with criminal justice partner agencies, clinical team and other partner agencies
Conduct assessments for clients, including Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) and Drugs Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR) assessments
Manage a case load
Coordinate and deliver assessments and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning
Deliver harm reduction advice, psychosocial interventions, needle & syringe exchanges, Blood borne virus testing and interventions, drug testing and overdose prevention advice
Support criminal justice service users within Cheshire West & Chester
Contact, assess, refer and support drug and alcohol users in criminal justice settings (including Court, prisons, & probation offices), treatment agencies and other appropriate settings
Requirements:
Experience of working within substance misuse and criminal justice knowledge or a related Health and Social Care setting
Experience of delivering structured treatment groups
Committed, resourceful and highly motivated to engage people within treatment services