Job Advert
The Role
The ADP support team in North Lanarkshire provides support to a multi-agency network focussed on offering a range of interventions to people adversely affected by alcohol and drugs. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team who offer support to services who work with people who are adversely affected by alcohol and/or drug use.
The post holders will provide outreach support to individuals identified by the multi-disciplinary team. They will encourage engagement by providing interventions as well as linkages into treatment and support of third sector organisations in North Lanarkshire.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- SVQ in Health/Social Care or working towards, or equivalent experience working in a health or social care role/voluntary role/or have personal/lived experience of adversity caused by substance use.
- Have a working/living knowledge and understanding of the consequences and impact of adverse substance use (physical, social, environmental)
- Undertake full management of aggression training with up-dates.
- Ability to work with people and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment.
- Ability to undertake training that will support them in use of computers and locally used data gathering tools.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
It would be great if you also have
Peer research training, Naloxone training , Motivational interviewing training
Experience of applying co-production principles and practices
Experience of carrying out peer research
Knowledge of the ADP priorities, drug and alcohol policy and MAT standard
Knowledge of the rights based approach
Current driving licence
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37.5 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based within Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge.
The working pattern for this role will be Monday - Friday.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact John Holleran, NLADP Strategic Lead, on john.holleran@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk, or TEL: 01698 753651
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Kirsty Hasson, Recruitment Administrator on kirsty.hasson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk. (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this, must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk