Outreach Worker

Rough Sleeper/Homeless Outreach Worker

About the role… We have an exciting and varied role available as a Rough Sleeper/Homeless Outreach Worker who will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Likewise! This role will provide outreach to people who use substances and present as homeless, whilst working in partnership with a variety of agencies to support people into treatment and accommodation.

The role will ensure that we are able to provide specialist, tailored support to enable service users to overcome barriers and make positive changes. The role will require you to utilise resources to be able to reach and engage those most marginalised within the community.

• You will have an empathic approach to working with individuals and a great understanding of the needs and barriers of the client group.
• You will take a client centred approach, ensuring that every client’s package of care encompasses all areas of their well-being, not just their substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person.
• You will ensure that clients are supported to appointments, are building recovery capital and are aware of the support services across the city whilst working in a multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate care and end the homelessness cycle

To see a video on what the role may look like, please click here

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Vacancy Salary Range: £24,020 – £30,790
DBS Requirement: Enhanced
Driving licence required for role? Yes
Applications Close Date: 16 Jan 2025

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Criminal Justice Recovery Navigator

Criminal Justice Recovery Navigator

“When you choose to join us, you’re choosing more than just a job…. you’re choosing to make a difference”.

About the role…
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recovery Navigator with a Criminal Justice focus to join the team.  The team provides support and advice for individuals in a variety of Criminal Justice settings who are experiencing problematic substance use, to promote harm reduction, encourage ownership and promote positive change for the individual, their families, and the wider community.

In a multi-disciplinary approach working with partner agencies such as the Police, Probation, the Learning and Diversion team, Prisons, and many others, you will provide a targeted approach for service users, from harm reduction, brief interventions through to structured treatment, ensuring that every recovery journey is tailored to the individuals’ priorities, you will be working across a variety of Criminal Justice, such as Police custody, Courts and Secure estates. You will take a “whole person” holistic approach, ensuring that each individual’s package of support is personal, flexible and realistic, that it encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, not just their substance use, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every individual.

We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their full potential. By joining our teams of passionate, enthusiastic, and committed individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen.  You can really make the difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.

For the full job description please click here

About you…
Experience of working in this field is not essential however applicants will be asked to demonstrate an understanding of the wider issues surrounding substance misuse and some understanding of the criminal justice system.
Driving license preferred but not essential.

Please note..
Working week: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm with the potential evening and weekend work when required. This role will be based in multiple sites around Sheffield. Next steps will be a face to face interview.

Vacancy Salary Range: 24,020 30,790
DBS Requirement: Enhanced Adult/Child Barred
Does role require Police/Prison vetting? Both
Driving licence required for role? Yes
Applications Close Date: 12 Jan 2025

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Area Manager

About the role
Are you interested in a career working in the Drug and Alcohol Sector and making a difference?

We are looking for an exceptional manager who can demonstrate leadership skills and managing change within a treatment service. This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior management team, where you will lead on the Operational Management of Clinical Services and Operational Pathways.

Working with our partners in the Clinical and Pharmacy teams, we are looking for someone with:

• Demonstrable experience of working within a healthcare setting, implementing effective procedures and pathways.
• Line management experience to support the senior administrator who has responsibility for the administrative function and the team leader of the Single Point of Contact team
• Strong partnership and communication skills who will represent the service in promoting positive working relationships with other stakeholders including GP Practices, Pharmacies and Hospitals.
• The skills to ensure effectiveness of appointment booking systems and rotas.
• Ability to manage and implement incident procedures and investigations.
• Monitoring compliance with external bodies requiring information e.g. CQC and CDLIN.
• Strong organisational and administrative and IT skills

For full person specification and job details, please visit this link.

The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.

If you are passionate about making a contribution to our mission, we want to hear from you! Join our team at Waythrough and be part of making a positive difference in people’s lives.

Vacancy Salary Range: £36,625 – £46,625
Applications Close Date: 05 Jan 2025

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Lead Practitioner

Core Team Lead Practitioner. 
Located at Portland House, 243 Moorfields, Shalesmoor- Sheffield.

About the role…

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Practitioner Role within our creative and dynamic team at Likewise Drug and Alcohol Service. If you are passionate about leading a dedicated team and ensuring top-notch performance and compliance, this role is for you!

What does a day in a life of a Core Team Lead look like?
Each day brings new and exciting challenges. These vary from supporting and enhancing the knowledge of staff to aid personal development ensuring the delivery of tailored interventions suited to the clients needs.
This is really refreshing to be a part of a new service, embracing its progression and growth as we establish ourselves in the local community. The successful candidate  will manage the day-to-day functioning and performance of a designated service team and area of specialist service delivery to ensure a positive working environment is maintained and a quality service is delivered.

Please note –

• Driving licence is not essential but is preferred.
• We may close the advert early due to high volume of applicants.
• This is a full-time position (37 hours per week) between the hours of 9am-5pm, with a 4:30pm finish one day, then later finish on a Thursday every two weeks.
• Next steps will be a face-to-face interview if successful.
• Progression opportunities within the role, including internal training re: safeguarding.

To view the full job description and person specification for this role, please click here.

Vacancy Salary Range: £25,010 – £35,090
Applications Close Date: 05 Jan 2025

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Regional Lead Nurse

Regional Lead Nurse – Maternity Cover 12 Months

Please note, this role will involve covering Leeds, Barnsley & Sheffield, meaning a driving license will be required.

About the role…
The role will complement a growing Trauma Informed clinical services central clinical team, consisting of medics, psychologists, nurses and pharmacists. This happy and motivated teamwork alongside clinical staff to ensure Service Users individual needs are attended to in an efficient, safe, and effective way, and meet our provider obligations.

We seek a Regional Nurse with responsibility to drive health care activity across the services. The post requires a Nurse Prescriber, you will play a crucial role in the robust management of the Clinical Service Leads within services and support the organisations Central Clinical Department. You will be committed to supporting high quality care and clinical supervision to a few services within your region. The Service User group often presenting with multiple and complex drug and alcohol needs and associated physical and mental health challenges. The person will need to have knowledge of drug addiction and have worked within the field in a senior role.

As a  Regional Lead Nurse, you will be responsible for:

• The ability to provide leadership to clinical service leads.
• To ensure quality safe interventions/services via governance process
• Contribute to clinical strategy for organisation
• Develop policies, procedures and pathways and ensure services are following them accordingly.
• Please note possible evening work will be required.

About you…
To succeed as a Regional Lead Nurse you will ideally have:

•  Registered nurse with NMC
• V300 Non medical prescribing qualification
• Flexible and hard working attitude
• For full person specifications and job details, please visit this link.

Please be advised, if you are viewing this role on Indeed, the link to the job description will not work. Please click the ‘Apply via Company Website’ button to be redirected to our careers page, where you will be able to view the job description in full.

If you are interested in the role and would like to discuss it further, please contact Stacey Smith, Director of Nursing, on stacey.smith@waythrough.org.uk

The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.

Who are we… 

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

Salary Period: Per Annum
Vacancy Salary Range: £65,000-£75,000
DBS Requirement: Enhanced
Does role require Police/Prison vetting? Not Applicable
Driving licence required for role? Yes
Applications Close Date: 12 Jan 2025

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Exceptional support, training and development
• Flexible working