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NORTH EAST COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title Senior Worker - Criminal Justice Intervention Team
Location Based at Bensham Hospital but working on an outreach basis at other
venues within Gateshead as and when required.
Responsible To DIP Service Manager
Accountable To Area Manager Gateshead
Probation Service, Police, Courts, Prisons, DAT, Health Professionals,
Other Key
Local Authority, PCT’s, Tier 3 drug Services
Working
Relationships Services for women, Community Projects, Health Projects, Services for
BME groups
Housing Services, Other Social Inclusion Services
Be part of a multi agency team providing tier 3 treatments to service
Purpose of Job
users as part of the Drug Intervention Programme.
Supervisory lead in DIP service and supervision of staff
To take the lead on CJIT key initiatives (as directed)
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DANOS - National Workforce Competences
AA1: Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individuals to specialists
AB2: Support individuals who are substance users
AB3: Contribute to the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviour
AB5: Assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance users
AD1: Raise awareness about substances, their use and effects
AF3: Carry out comprehensive substance misuse assessment
AG1: Develop, implement and review care plans for individuals
AG2: Contribute to care planning and review
AG3: Assist with the transfer of individuals between agencies and services
AJ1: Help individuals address their offending behaviour
AJ2: Enable individuals to change their offending behaviour
AK3: Enable individuals to access housing and accommodation
BC4: Assure your organisation delivers quality services
BE1: Establish information management and communication systems
BE6: Preparing reports and returns
BF5: Lead teams to provide a quality provision
GEN35: Provide supervision to other individuals
GEN36: Make use of supervision
HSC22: Support the health and safety of yourself and individuals
HSC33: Reflect on and develop your practice
HSC233: Relate to and interact with individuals
HSC330: Support individuals to access and use services and facilities
HSC335: Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse
HSC347: Help individuals to access employment
HSC348: Help individuals to access learning, training and development opportunities
HSC356: Support individuals to deal with relationship problems
HSC433: Develop joint working agreements and practices and review their effectiveness
HSC3111: Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals
HSC3115: Receive, analyse, process, use and store information
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LLUK L10: Enable learning through presentations
LLUK L13: Enable group learning
M&L A3: Develop your personal networks
M&L C4: Lead change
M&L C5: Plan change
M&L C6: Implement change
M&L D1: Develop productive working relationships with colleagues
M&L D3: Recruit, select and keep colleagues
M&L D6: Allocate and monitor the progress and quality of work in your area of responsibility
M&L D7: Providing learning opportunities for colleagues
M&L E6: Ensure health and safety requirements are met in your area of responsibility
M&L F10: Develop a customer focused organisation
M&L F11: Manage the achievement of customer satisfaction
Details of each competence can be viewed at the Skills for Health website:
Competences
Completed competences
Competences Tools
Framework Suite
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Principle Responsibilities
Deliver and continue to develop the CJIT Service inline with the Partnership
Agreement.
Co-ordinate the clients packages of care and ensure that relevant agencies are regularly
updated on the individual’s progress.
As directed by the Service Manager take the lead role on co-ordination and provision of
activities for clients. Interventions will include one-one and activity based group sessions.
Undertake comprehensive assessments of client needs in relation to the CJIT service.
Identify appropriate services, groups, opportunities and activities.
Quality Assurance-Monitoring & Evaluation
To be familiar with and work to quality assurance standards including QuADS. DANOS,
Models of Care and any other standards relevant to the Service.
To continually monitor and review the Service in line with NECA policy & procedures.
To provide written monthly, quarterly, annual statistics and reports.
To evaluate the Service assimilating feedback from service users, services partners and
team members.
Ensure that all client files are regularly updated and maintained to a satisfactory standard.
Staff & Supervision
To seek and accept line management supervision on a regular basis from the DIP Service
Manager, and to attend training courses as required, following annual appraisal of
professional development needs.
To seek and receive clinical supervision/case management for all client work from the
designated Clinical Supervisor/Case Manager.
To manage an agreed caseload of clients.
Attend and contribute to team meetings and any other relevant groups or forums related to
the duties and responsibilities of the post.
Ensure staff supervision.
Ensure yearly appraisals for all staff are completed
Facilitate case management
Ensure all staff attend and participate in case management meetings
Ensure staff access clinical supervision when appropriate
To offer professional support to all colleagues
To undertake any other task which may be deemed appropriate to the post
Limits on Authority
Issues relating to NECA business may only be communicated to external bodies with the
permission of the Line Manager.
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Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential Measured Desirable Measured
By By
Equality and Diversity Practices Application Attendance at Equal Application
Opportunities Courses
Interview
Understanding of issues Application Attendance at courses Application
relating to drug use relating to drugs use
Understanding of social Application Experience of working with Application
exclusion effects socially excluded groups
Knowledge of the criminal Application Experience of working with Application
justice system and how it criminal justice clients
Interview Interview
effects this client group
Awareness of the current Application
Health and Social provisions to
Interview
engage people with substance
misuse problems
Knowledge of appropriate Application
assessment methods for this
Interview
client group
Skills
Networking Skills Application Proven ability to network Application
and build professional
relationships
Ability to engage with Service Interview
Users
Ability to produce written Application
reports & statistics
Interview
Experience
Experience of working with drug Application Working with drug users and Application
users ambivalent to change their supporters
Experience of managing Application
organisational change
Interview
Knowledge / experience of the Application Knowledge of current Interview
preparation of care plans treatments including,
Interview
complimentary therapies.
EST, acupuncture used with
people misusing substances
Experience of staff supervision Application
Interview
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Qualifications
Diploma in Health and Social Application Application
Care, Youth / Community
Probation Qualification Application Application
Diploma in Complementary Application
Therapies including:
Aromatherapy
Reflexology
Indian Head Massage
Assessor/Teaching Application
qualification
Social/Healthcare Application
qualification
ECDL/CLAIT Certification Application
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Terms of Employment
Salary £23136 per annum.
Hours of work 35 hours per week including some out of office hours.
Annual Leave The postholder will be entitled to 4.8 weeks annual leave in
the first year of employment and 6 weeks days thereafter,
plus all bank and statutory holidays.
Sick Pay (OSP) The postholder will after six months service receive an
allowance of four weeks full pay and four weeks half pay; after
one years service six weeks full pay and six weeks half pay;
(less statutory sick pay); within each period of 12 months
commencing on the first day of sickness absence.
Allowances Expenses for travel whilst on NECA business are claimable, in
the case of car mileage according to the prevailing rate set by
the Inland Revenue, and in the case of public transport, at
cost. Staff who agree to use their car must have insurance
cover which includes business use.
Stakeholder Pension You have the option to join a Stakeholder Pension Scheme
with Scottish Widows. In addition to your contribution, NECA
will contribute 3% of your salary.
NECA is an organisation which is exempt from the spent convictions clauses of the
Rehabilitation Of Offenders Act
NECA aims to be an equality and diversity employer
NECA reserves the right to amend or add to Job Descriptions
Benefits
Health Care Benefit You have the option to join BUPA. There is no direct cost,
although this benefit incurs a taxable payment. In addition the
provision exists to include dependents, the cost to the
employee varies according to individual circumstances of the
persons covered.
Death In Service Benefit Lump sum payment of two times salary.
(Eligibility age 18 to 65. Post 65 subject to Deferred
Retirement Declaration)
Childcare Voucher You have the option to participate by salary sacrifice.
Scheme
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