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Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Delivery of bespoke therapeutic psychosocial intervention to substance/alcohol use disorder clients. Providing substance/alcohol use disorder ‘Team around the Worker’ expertise to Social Workers including specialist assessment and screening.Restorative Practice practitioner, working with parents to improve family outcomes and affect directorate-wide.

North End, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Manage the day-to-day running of the service and the team of 8-10 Mental Health Recovery Support Workers. This includes supervision and staff appraisals, rota management, operational compliance and reporting, risk assessments, health & safety audits and profit/loss budget management and more. Additionally, this role requires continued involvement in.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

This complex needs supported living project of 10 self contained flats, aims to provide a transitional home for clients for approx. 12 to 36 months, leading to independent living. My role is to support clients to lead independent and inclusive lives. This includes recovery planning, risk assessments, and providing person-centred care inline with the Mental.

The Manor Clinic, Priory Group, Southampton

Student placement for one academic year: Addictions Therapist working with the Addiction Treatment Programme. Assisting the therapy team with assessments, inductions, group and 1-2-1 therapy.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Working with an incredible team in the Foundation Prospects department, this role involved working with students with a recognised learning need, engaging them in an Employability qualification to aid progression towards employment and/or continued education. Essentially, I acted as a team leader for LD&D students supervising group work-experience.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Working for the Portsmouth Recovery Hub, I managed a caseload of IOM (Integrated Offender Management) clients, providing structured psychosocial interventions. I facilitated groups, maintained close contact with the new providers of the IOM prison/community based worked that I had started in my previous role, liaised with Police and Probation, local.

Integrated Commissioning Unit

Another pilot project, this role was built on the success of the previous Development Worker position. Using the same premise, I took a recovery focused model into HMP Winchester to work directly with Portsmouth IOM clients, who were not engaging well with the IOM scheme or treatment services. This was a hugely challenging, yet rewarding role. I set up and.

Integrated Commissioning Unit

This role was a pilot project borne out of the idea that, maybe clients are not "hard to reach" or "difficult to engage", but rather that they were disillusioned with the current system. Clients were trapped in a cycle of prison, hostels and homelessness. So, we took the work to them.Using SMART Recovery, we took the recovery conversation into the local.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Volunteering for the service user group Pushing Change, I undertook work as an advocate for people experiencing difficulties with their treatment providers. I also facilitated group supervision for advocates. In addition to this, in my role as chair person, I chaired the weekly service user forum, delegated tasks to service user representatives, delivered.

Newport, Isle Of Wight

Working with the Commissioning Manager, we designed and implemented a service user involvement strategy based on local needs. The role included multi-agency partnership working, consultation, service development, volunteer recruitment, training and coordination.Based on the OUT (Oxfordshire User Team) model, I implemented an independent advocacy service.

Ryde, Isle Of Wight

Peer support worker, providing support to clients through their journey from addiction into recovery. Supporting all aspects of service delivery: Cozart drug testingGroup facilitation1-2-1 support Drop-in service co-ordinationAdmin and Reception duties.

Sandown, Isle Of Wight

As a volunteer, I showed a flair for group work and client engagement. I provided peer support to clients at the organisation's drop-in service, which unfortunately closed due to funding issues. Co-facilitation of groups. General support. Admin duties.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Work

Master Of Science (Msc), Addiction Psychology And Counselling With Distinction., Distinction (7 Distinctions For 7 Modules)

Activities and Societies: Psychology Society FDAP This course distinctively explores the psychological basis of generic and counselling.

Nvq Iii Leadership And Management & Nvq Iii First Line Management, Leadership And Management, Pass (Distinction Profile)

Qcf Level Iii Certificates, Ptlls & Cava (Certificate In Assessing Vocational Achievement), Pass (Distinction Profile)

Level Iii Diploma, Working Therapeutically With Addictions, Pass (Distinction Profile)

Access To Higher Education Diploma, Education, Probation & Social Work, Distinction (60 Credits At Distinction, 3 At Merit)

13 Gcses 11 Grade A To C Including English And Maths. (2 At Early Entry), Gcses