Posted 11/09/2024
£25,750 - £27,758.50 per annum
The aim of the Dyfed Drug and Alcohol Service (DDAS) is to engage drug and/or alcohol users and/or their concerned others in Dyfed’s substance misuse treatment system and support them when accessing it. DDAS staff will support individuals to address substance related issues, access appropriate interventions, reduce physical dependence and related health problems and improve physical, psychological, family and social functioning. DDAS works with substance users and their families, friends and carers in both community and criminal justice settings, delivering specific services for those involved in the criminal justice system. DDAS supports service users and their loved ones to sustain the gains they make in treatment by providing aftercare and peer support to help build social capital and prevent relapse.
DDAS is a consortium comprising three organisations, Barod, Kaleidoscope and G4S, and covers Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire. DDAS is aimed at adult drug and/or alcohol users aged 18 years of age and over, and their families, friends and carers.
DDAS services are provided in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory, non-patronising and professional manner and in a way that demonstrates courtesy and respect for individuals using substances, and sensitivity to their unique personal situations and experiences.
Role Purpose:
Main duties and responsibilities:
Engage with identified offenders or ex-offenders referred to the Service through the Criminal Justice System, including the provision of drug and alcohol arrest referral cover at Police Stations, attendance for Court duties and Prison visits.
Deliver a range of motivational, behavioural and socially-based manualised therapies on a one-to-one and group basis to substance users and concerned others.
The post-holder should expect to partake in video-recorded practice supervision in order to maintain and further develop their practice. Achieving a high level of competence in therapeutic interventions is a key expectation of this role.
Conduct high level assessments including risk assessment where required
Deliver harm reduction initiatives including NSPs, Naloxone training, and Dried Blood Spot Testing Services where required
Contribute to the DDAS Digital Team
Devise, with service users, individually tailored time-limited support plans, based on a clear assessment of need that assist individuals in building social capital
Liaise closely with DDAS Engagement and Recovery Services, external Tier 3 providers including CDAT, IFSS and Social Services, Police, Probation and other Criminal Justice agencies, and Tier 4 providers to ensure seamless transitions to treatment services
Manage and report on rehabilitation activity requirements as made by court orders
Research and produce information for publications, leaflets and web pages
Enter data onto the DDAS case management system, Palbase; Probation DELIUS and Police NICHE systems
Provide training or talks to internal staff or external organisations as required
Support volunteers in the delivery of DDAS
Take up DDAS’ arrangements for support and supervision and participate in all relevant internal meetings
Co-operate with requests from DDAS management and administration
Undertake other reasonable duties as requested, but which may not be specified within the job description
The post will involve some evening and weekend working on the police station custody arrest referral rota. In consultation with the post holder, this job description is liable to variation to reflect actual, contemplated or approved changes in / or to the job.
Today Kaleidoscope runs substance use projects across Wales and supports upwards of 10,000 people a year, but our story begins in Kingston upon Thames. It’s 1968 and sex and drugs are the height of fashion. Pubs close their doors at 11pm, unrest brews in the streets and large brawls erupt. A safe place is needed for Kingston’s youth to gather.
Kaleidoscope, set up within an urban church, became that place. The name reflected the shattered pieces of youth culture coming together, be they mods, rockers, teddy boys, hippies or Hell’s Angels – everyone was welcome at Kaleidoscope.
Resolven House,
St Mellons Business Park,
Fortran Road,
St Mellons, CF3 0EY