Acceptance and Commitment Groupwork Facilitator
Job overview
Are you committed to making a positive change and empowering service users to achieve a better quality of life? Are you a skilled acceptance and commitment groupwork facilitator looking to support people in their recovery journey?
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and caring individual to join our teams within Inclusion Recovery Hampshire. We are currently recruiting an experienced groupwork facilitator, to deliver Acceptance and Commitment workshops across Hampshire, in a digital and face to face capacity.
The successful candidate will also be a key part of our quality assurance processes around Acceptance and Commitment groups; participating in audits, providing peer to peer feedback to other facilitators and co-facilitating groups with others.
We are happy to consider applications from candidates wishing to work 30 hours in this role, or less hours on a job-share basis. The base for this role is negotiable, however a willingness and ability to travel across Hampshire to facilitate groups is essential.
Main duties of the job
Part Time/Job Share 12 month Fixed Term Acceptance and Commitment Group Facilitator in Hampshire.
Facilitation of Acceptance and Commitment sessions across Hampshire, both face to face and digitally.Implementation of Acceptance and Commitment groups/workshops as well as referral routes into these sessions.
Training of volunteers and other staff as required.
Active Risk assessing and risk management.
Working for our organisation
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.
We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can.We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.
Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users.We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:
- To plan, implement and deliver Acceptance and Commitment Groups across Hampshire
- To participate in auditing and peer support for Acceptance and Commitment facilitators.
- To accept referrals to groups, assess need and make appropriate recommendations.
- Provide harm reduction advice, information and support as required.
- Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
- To work with a range of professional in ensuring service users needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.
- Encourage and work with service users to move forward in their recovery.
- Work collaboratively with Recovery Workers across Inclusion Hampshire.
THIS ROLE IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field
Skills
Essential criteria- Experience in facilitating groups or programmes
Knowledge
Essential criteria- In depth knowledge and understanding of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the ability to utilise this approach in a group setting
Other
Desirable criteria- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (travelling between sites in the course of the role)