Employer: Addiction Response Crumlin Ltd

Position: Addiction Practitioner

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The primary objective of this post is to manage all aspects of the ARC Cocaine & Poly Drug Use Programme. The post holder will be ultimately responsible for the direct day to day management of the ARC Cocaine & Poly Drug Use services for drug users. Duties will extend to include working as a frontline Addiction Practitioner in order to fulfill the policies, aims and objectives of the project.

Overall Aim:

This programme is designed to support and motivate people interested in detoxing from cocaine & poly drug use

To develop support services for service users particularly cocaine and crack cocaine users

To respond to the difficulties that service users are experiencing due to their substance misuse.

Assist service users to develop positive coping and responsive skills, so they can address their addiction.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

The post holder shall carry out his/her duties under the line management of the Team Leader. The post holder will report directly to the Team Leader.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. To assist in the implementation and further development of the Cocaine & Poly Drug Use Programme.
2. Create and develop links with other key agencies to support progress of the Cocaine & Poly Drug Use Programme
3. To fully engage in the work of the team and to take up training opportunities offered where appropriate.
4. To positively promote all aspects of ARC and its services.
5. To provide focused one to one supports to help service users and identify needs and to equip them to become more self-reliant.
6. To promote healthy life skills/life styles in the target group
7. To inform service users of the affects that addiction can cause to an individual and to increase their knowledge, awareness of such.
8. To facilitate, in a professional and objective manner referrals, assessments and care plans for individuals accessing the service
9. Support for service users experiencing intimidation by informing them of services that are available to them to assist them with this issue.

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Provide written reports to Line Manager
2. Attend staff meetings and other relevant project meetings and contribute to the overall development of ARC.
3. Keep the database and all written records of work/interventions/minutes of all meetings

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / APTITUDES

1. An understanding of working with addiction, with particular emphasis on supporting people
2. through change.
3. Ability to manage challenging behavior in a competent and professional manner
4. Experience of, and competence in working with both active and stabilized service users with substance misuse. 
   An understanding of how low threshold drop-ins operate.
5. The ability to act upon own initiative within the context of professional boundaries and accountability.
6. Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills.
7. An understanding of, and an ability to objectively carry out individual needs assessment and developing and
8. facilitating care plans.
9. Ability to manage crisis intervention situations.
10. A knowledge of the local geographic and demographic area of the Dublin 12 area.
11. Commitment and ability to work from a community development perspective and demonstrate its principles.
12. An ability to work as part of a team.

OBJECTIVES / COMMUNITY

1. To liaise and network with relevant statutory, voluntary and community services.
2. To develop relationships with the local community based on openness and trust.

EVALUATION

1. Keep accurate records of relevant ARC activities. Ensure that statistical data on service provision is available when requested.
2. Participate in ongoing planning and evaluation of the work of the Cocaine programme.
3. To assist in the development and implementation of ongoing evaluation processes which uses an outcome monitoring System i.e. logic model planning sheet.
4. To keep statistics and case studies as a support to evaluation.
5. To keep records and information on all aspects of the programme.

FLEXIBLE HOURS

The nature of this post requires that the holder be flexible in working hours to cover the operational times of the service and the centre on a rota basis. This will involve scheduled evening and weekend work.

CONFIDENTIALITY

In the course of your duties, you will have access to and information concerning individuals and families using the ARC projects services. All such information will be treated in a strictly confidential way. The manager will be responsible for unauthorized access to this information.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and may be reviewed from time to time to reflect the needs of the service.

Deadline is 15th January’2025 at 5pm.

This project is funded by Dublin 12 Local Drugs Task Force / Health Service Executive

Addiction Response Crumlin is an equal opportunities employer