Social Care Worker Cocaine, Gambling, Gaming Midlands

The Addiction Services, CHO8 covering Midlands and Louth Meath provides free confidential, drug, alcohol and treatment services across the region in line with The National Drug and Alcohol Strategy ‘Reducing Harm – Supporting Recovery 2017 – 2025’.

The Addiction Teams are based in each of the two counties in the Louth Meath area

The Service supports the provision of an integrated range of preventative, therapeutic and rehabilitation services to meet the diverse health and social care needs of our service users in an accountable, accessible and equitable manner

The Service works with young people and adults who want help to deal with a drug or alcohol problem, and who want to build a healthier and happier life for themselves.

The Over 18 Addiction Service provides OST (Opiate Substitution Treatment) services, Outreach to include Harm reduction, education including needle and syringe programme, overdose prevention training and provision of naloxone for people experiencing Opiate addiction, Information & supports. Out Addiction Homeless teams support those in addiction who are at risk of becoming homeless or are homeless to include those living in supported accommodation. We also provided Addiction counselling and education, /information and onward referral as required

The Under 18 SUST (Substance use services for Teens) provides treatment/education and information for service users and families including Nurse Assessment, Addiction Counselling, treatment, support and onward referral as appropriate

Our teams include GP’s, Nurses, Counsellors, Outreach team, Addiction Homeless team, Community Pharmacies and Admin staff. We work in partnership with other agencies and organisations

What we offer

Access: Our services are organised to ensure equity of access to public health and social care services

Dignity and respect: We treat people with dignity, respect and compassion. We respect diversity of culture, beliefs and values in line with clinical decision making

Safe and Effective Services: We provide services in a safe environment, delivered by competent, skilled and trusted professionals

Communication and information: We listen carefully and provide clear, comprehensive and understandable health information and advice

Participation: We involve people and their families and carers in shared decision making about their health care

Privacy: We ensure adequate personal space to ensure privacy in providing care and personal social services. We maintain strict confidentiality of personal information

Improving Health: Our services promote health, prevent disease and support and empower those with chronic illness to self-care

Accountability: We welcome complaints and feedback about care and services, investigate your complaints and work to address concerns

Wellbeing Advice and Guidance

We provide free and confidential advice and support to help individuals and their families on their road to recovery

The Service works in partnership with primary care networks and other statutory, community & voluntary agencies to deliver care in multidisciplinary teams in community settings. Teams are responsible for case management, assessing Service User needs, negotiating and delivering care plans and facilitating access for our target population within catchment areas. Our teams also work with other agencies to provide education and information within their organisation, attend workshops and provide group work as required

The role will work on secondment from the Good Shepherd Centre. Therefore, the post holder will ensure that they work within the vision and values of the Centre.