Job Summary

This unique job share opportunity will give the postholder the opportunity to shape and deliver a safe, high quality and high performing substance misuse service.

The service

New Beginnings Brent Recovery and Wellbeing service is a WDP led integrated drug and alcohol service, in partnership with CNWL. The service has been supporting residents in Brent since April 2018 and offers a broad range of recovery orientated, high quality services to meet their needs

WDP is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff. Through joining WDP, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organisation.

The role

This post is a job share and will involve working alongside another dedicated Service Manager. Working together you will both lead the broad New Beginnings Leadership team to manage the delivery of a busy and dynamic substance misuse service, providing psychosocial and pharmacological treatment interventions the residents of the London borough of Brent. Brent is a diverse borough and the New Beginnings substance misuse treatment service is equally broad and diverse providing a range of effective treatment and engagement interventions.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with individuals who use alcohol and substances, a comprehensive understanding of the current operating environment within the substance misuse sector and an excellent understanding of the requirements of CQC compliance.

The post holder will be a dynamic and driven individual who is committed to the growth, and development of the Service, ensuring the service user experience is optimised and staff are supported and empowered.

The key requirements of the role include:

• Strong ability to communicate complex information with a range of key stakeholders including commissioners and funders
• Experience of managing and developing partners and developing strong joint working arrangements
• Ability to innovate and develop recovery focused service interventions
• Capacity to manage, create, grow, and maintain high performance
• Knowledge of criminal justice, clinical and outreach models of work
• A strong understanding of CQC

Location

This role will work from both New Beginnings’ sites in Brent: WDP Cobbold Road and Willesden Centre for Health. There is an expectation to work flexibly across a variety of sites within the community and this role does have the flexibility for some working from home.

Why should you apply?

• A broad and diverse challenge, working with a fully integrated substance misuse service with areas of specialist focus such as Rough Sleepers
• Leadership role
• Competitive salary

Are you looking for the opportunity to grow your leadership and management expertise, while contributing to the development of excellent services?

The Service

We are bringing our community-based provisions under one Deputy Service Manager who will lead a Community Provision comprising Outreach, Criminal Justice, Young Persons Substance Misuse and Sexual Health. The team will work closely with our Treatment Provision (R3) and together will provide an end-to-end seamless recovery service focusing on improving health outcomes for service users engaging with the service.

The role

The Deputy Service Manager will contribute to the ongoing management, growth, and development of the Service.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with individuals who use alcohol and substances, and a comprehensive understanding of the current operating environment within the substance misuse sector, including an excellent understanding of the requirements of CQC compliance.

You will manage and provide supervision and work alongside the service’s prescribers to provide a clinically safe, sound and recovery focused service. While you will have defined areas of work you may have to deputise for the Service Manage in any part of the Service. While operational experience is key an added advantage, you will have strong track record in performance and / or Quality management.

We are looking for a passionate and professional person to fill this position, key requirements include:

• Strong ability to communicate complex information with a range of key stakeholders
• Experience of managing and developing partnership working
• Ability to innovate and develop recovery focused service interventions
• An ability to manage, create, grow, and maintain high performance
• Knowledge of criminal justice, clinical and outreach models of work
• A strong understanding of CQC

Location

The role is predominantly based in Ilford, Redbridge at Ilford Chambers, but at times may involve travel to external meetings and satellites within the borough, and to other WDP locations as needed.

Why Should You Apply?

• An opportunity to join one of WDP’s flagship services and contribute to service development.
• Be part of a high-performance team that is focused on quality and welcomes innovation.
• Competitive salary and professional develop opportunities.

Are you looking for an opportunity to work on essential projects and support the development of high quality and performing services?

The Service

The role sits in the Operations, Programmes and Performance (OPPs) Department which consists of Heads of Services, Operations Managers, Data and Performance, Reintegration Programmes Manager and Service Development Managers. The Department is responsible for providing a range of functions and outputs including leadership to Services and Programmes across the organisation and to assess and organise responses to operating climate, challenges, gaps, risks and opportunities to WDP.

The Role

As the Project Support Assistant, you will support the Head of Services, Performance and Operations Managers in the day-to-day delivery of good practice in WDP services.

This will involve providing administrative support to operational meetings, supporting changes to services and implementation of new projects in line with WDP policies and procedures.

To achieve this, you will have strong administrative, data and organisational skills and be able to build and maintain effective relationships with staff across WDP services, the management team and head office departments. You will work as part of the OPPs Team and required to be responsive to the requirements of services.

Conditions

• Salary band of £24627 - £28000
• Permanent contract
• 37.5 hours per week

Location

To be negotiated. Ability to travel to WDP Head Office (London) and other WDP site locations is required.

Why Should You Apply?

• Someone looking for an opportunity to work for a charity and make a difference to people’s lives
• If you want to work in a positive and supportive team environment
• Competitive Salary

Would you like to work as an ETE worker in a WDP service, and help service users to achieve sustained recovery?

The service

Islington Better lives is an established, integrated community service delivered across several sites in the Borough. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial elements and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV and health interventions, OST, and community detox, group programme as well as having family and carers and service user involvement provision.

The role

The ETE worker will primarily be based at our King Henry’s Walk site supporting aftercare activities such as; ETE, Peer Mentoring, Groups and Service user Involvement/ Co-production

The successful candidate must be caring, committed, hardworking and highly motivated, and have experience of working with substance misuse and related health and wellbeing

Conditions

Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 per annum

Permanent contract

37.5 hours per week

Location

Betterlives is based across 3 sites in Islington:

309 Gray's Inn Road | London | WC1X 8QS

99-101 Seven Sisters Road | London | N7 7QP

28b King Henry's Walk |London | N1 4PB

Why should you apply?

• To further develop within a busy and established service
• You want a new challenge
• To support further development of more focussed and structured Groups
• To support further development of SU Involvement and Co-Production
• Ongoing development of Partnership working in the community

Interested?

For an informal chat about the role, contact Helena Jones, Service Manager on

07308 613502 or Helena.Jones@wdp.org.uk.

Would you like the opportunity to develop into a new role within WDP?

The Service

Greenwich WDP is an integrated community substance misuse and wellbeing service in Greenwich. We are seeking to recruit a dynamic and passionate Recovery Practitioner to contribute to the success of this service. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy service in a vibrant borough.

WDP is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff. Through joining WDP, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organization.

The Role

The post holder will be a dynamic, driven individual who is committed to supporting the local Opiate, Alcohol dependant and Non-dependant substance misuse community and their associated needs by:

• To support The Greenwich Rough sleeping initiative and work with key stakeholders to target individuals with coexisting substance misuse and mental health needs.

• Working with the local community, making every contact count through motivational interviewing and brief advice and intervention

• Identifying and targeting known hot spots, including partnership working and joint operations as required

• Supporting the RBG (to collate and gather information from a range of sources, including street drinkers, partner agencies and residents)

• Supporting those in the area into mainstream services and working with local providers to enhance provision for this hard to engage population

• You will have experience of working with people who are experiencing housing, mental health and substance misuse difficulties.

• The post holder will carry a caseload ensuring that assessments of need are conducted thoroughly, that safeguarding of service users, their families and the wider community are protected from harm.

• You will have responsibility for planning and delivery of effective treatment interventions to those that use our services.

• The post holder will deliver face to face engagement and support interventions as well as liaising with other professionals to individuals to engage with services to support their identified needs.

Conditions

• Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 per annum

• 9 months fixed term contract

• 37.5 hours per week

Location

This role will be in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (821 Woolwich Road,) providing a service across the whole borough but based in Charlton. You may be required to work flexibly to provide some evening sessions and from other satellite services throughout Greenwich Borough where you will be able to support the local community.

Would you like to deliver health related interventions to promote and improve the health and well-being of those with substance misuse?

The service

New Beginnings Brent Recovery and Wellbeing service is a WDP led integrated drug and alcohol service, in partnership with CNWL. The service has been supporting residents in Brent since April 2018 and offers a broad range of recovery orientated, high quality services to meet their needs

WDP is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff. Through joining WDP, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organisation.

The role

The post holder will be a dynamic, driven individual who is committed to supporting the local non-opiate and alcohol substance misuse community and their associated needs by:

• To work alongside colleagues in both substance misuse and children’s health and social care agencies to provide a dedicated service to families affected by parental substance misuse.

• Completing comprehensive assessments, risk assessment, risk management and Recovery Care Plans with service users to ensure personalised and recovery-focused treatment journeys

• Making every contact count through motivational interviewing, ITEP mapping, harm reduction, relapse prevention, brief advice and intervention

• To work in partnership with other key services to safeguarding and provide families with the wraparound support required to meet their wider needs.

Conditions

• Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 per annum

• Permanent contract

• 37.5 hours per week

Location

Primarily based at the New Beginnings’ Cobbold Road Hub, however there is an expectation to work across sites should there be a need to.

Why should you apply?

• A new challenge working with those with alcohol misuse

• Specialist role

• Competitive salary

Are you passionate about co-production and ensuring service users voices are heard and they are involved in service development?

The service

New Beginnings Brent Recovery and Wellbeing service is a WDP led integrated drug and alcohol service, in partnership with CNWL. The service has been supporting residents in Brent since April 2018 and offers a broad range of recovery orientated, high quality services to meet their needs

WDP is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff. Through joining WDP, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organisation.

The role

This PHE funded Brent New Beginnings role will work as part of the SMART (Supportive Multi-Agency Response Team), a specialist multi-disciplinary Team supporting highly vulnerable and at-risk adults who are falling outside of Brent statutory service provision.

The post holder will be a dynamic, driven individual who takes the lead in engaging with and working face to face with service users who have drug and alcohol dependencies and have involvement with the criminal justice system.

• Taking the lead in working face to face with currently or formerly homeless complex service users with substance misuse issues and Criminal Justice System involvement as well as often dual diagnosis and other vulnerabilities

• Making every contact count through motivational interviewing, ITEP mapping, harm reduction, relapse prevention, brief advice and intervention

• Connecting people with their network and communities, to enhance confidence and build recovery capital.

Conditions

• Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 per annum

• Fixed term contract- 12 months

• 37.5 hours per week

Location

Primarily based at the New Beginnings’ Cobbold Road Hub, however there is an expectation to work across sites and within the community.

Why should you apply?

• A new challenge working with rough sleepers affected by drug and alcohol issues

• Specialist role

• Competitive salary

Job Summary

Are you passionate about co-production and ensuring service users voices are heard and they are involved in service development?

The service

New Beginnings Brent Recovery and Wellbeing service is a WDP led integrated drug and alcohol service, in partnership with CNWL. The service has been supporting residents in Brent since April 2018 and offers a broad range of recovery orientated, high quality services to meet their needs

WDP is committed to the ongoing professional development of all our staff. Through joining WDP, you will receive a warm welcome, peer support, extensive training, regular supervision and the chance to thrive in a lively and aspirational organisation.

The role

This PHE funded Brent New Beginnings role will be responsible for supporting the wider leadership team within New Beginnings to manage the delivery of integrated psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for service users in contact with the Criminal Justice System, to help bridge the gap between custody and community.

The Prisons and Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner post holder will be a dynamic, driven individual who is committed to engaging with those within the criminal justice system who have drug and alcohol issues Helping them to have a voice during their engagement with services. The role will involve:

• Making every contact count through motivational interviewing, ITEP mapping, harm reduction, relapse prevention, brief advice and intervention

• Develop and maintain effective pathways with criminal justice agencies such as the police, probation, CRC and prisons.

• To manage a caseload of female prison link service clients, including assessment, 1-2-1 interventions, relevant groupwork delivery and other required interventions to support with continuity of care

• Connecting people with their network and communities, to enhance confidence and build recovery capital.

Conditions

• Salary band of £28,000 to £33,825 per annum

• Permanent

• 37.5 hours per week

Location

Primarily based at the New Beginnings’ Cobbold Road Hub, however there is an expectation to work across sites and within the community.

Why should you apply?

• A new challenge working with rough sleepers affected by drug and alcohol issues

• Specialist role

• Competitive salary

Job Summary

Are you passionate about supporting people with complex drug issues?

We are looking for a dynamic and driven individual to provide intensive and innovative support to those who use club drugs (such as crystal meth, GHB, ketamine, mephedrone and Spice) and/or take part in chemsex.

The role

This role will heavily focus on building strong relationships and undertaking satellite working from local partnership agencies such as sexual health clinics, LGBTQ+ services, outreach services and young people services.

You will also:

• Provide information and advice around the problematic use of club drugs.
• Work with LGBTQ+ people involved in the chemsex scene.
• Support individuals who are HIV positive.
• Help our service users to build their resilience and manage their mental, physical, and social care needs.
• Assist and advocate for individuals as they navigate the different support services available to them.
• Act as a care coordinator by providing one-to-one key working, motivational interviewing, ITEP mapping, harm reduction and relapse prevention.
• Connect/re-connect individuals with their support networks and communities, to boost their confidence and aid their recovery.

The service

Find out about our New Beginnings service in Brent.

Conditions

• Salary band of £24,627 - £29,000 per annum
• Fixed term contract of 12 months with the possibility of an extension
• 37.5 hours per week

Location

Primarily based at our Cobbold Road Hub, however there is an expectation to work across sites and within the community.

Why should you apply?

• An opportunity to develop a new and important element of our service
• Specialist role working with complex issues
• Competitive salary

Are you ready to be part of a progressive and ambitious team and organisation?

WDP and Our Values

WDP transforms lives. We work across the fields of substance misuse, young person’s support, employability, sexual health and inpatient services. WDP advocates for effective policy and funding from H&SC services through parliamentary groups and government consultations. As with our services, our responses are co-produced with individuals, communities, and partner organisations. Everyone who accesses WDP services is treated with respect and dignity. Working together, we make sure people are supported and empowered to make positive life choices.

All staff are required to work to WDP’s four values:

· Entrepreneurial

· In partnership

· Strong belief in service users

· Community focused

The Team

We are a small, friendly team committed to working as a community of professionals to achieve beyond our individual capabilities as a unified collective. We are forward looking, ambitious and with a commitment to continuous improvement.

The People & Culture Team at WDP passionately believe in equity, transparency, ethical innovation and forward thinking. We are not afraid to question the status quo, in search of the highest quality support for our clients.

About the Role

The People Administrator role is a new position in the organisation, which reflects the growth of WDP. The People Administrator will be reinforcing the front-line service we provide, and upholding process and practice within the team.

Responsibilities include:

· To work with the People & Culture Team providing high quality administrative support for a range of human resources processes across the organisation.

· To support the recruitment and new starter administrative processes, including dealing with DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks.

· To update and maintain a range of databases

· Provide administrative support to absence management and recruitment processes.

· Providing front of house/first point of contact services to staff in relation to HR people matters.

Person Specification

We are looking for a CIPD qualified, motivated individual with strong organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and with the ability to effectively prioritise workload.

Location

Our Head Office is in St. James Park, London SW1H 9BL and will form the base location for this role. Occasional travel will be required to other services. Flexible working applications are welcomed and will be considered in conjunction with hybrid models.

Why should you apply?

· An opportunity to join one of WDP and contribute to making a difference.

· Be part of a high-performance team that is focused on quality and welcomes innovation.

· Competitive salary and professional develop opportunities.

Benefits include:

· Friendly family leave, flexible working

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Employee referral programme

· Season ticket Loans

· Cycle to Work Scheme