Hospital Liaison Worker

As a Hospital Liaison Worker, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the engagement of individuals with alcohol or drug-specific complaints with our treatment services. You will support them in improving their daily living skills, housing, and health.

Your responsibilities will include:

Providing 1:1 psychosocial intervention to repeat attending patients at on the wards and in ED, engaging them in our wider drug and alcohol treatment services in Haringey .
Carrying out comprehensive assessments, including risk assessments and care plans.
Liaising with other services including mental health, primary care, disabilities, social care, and any other relevant services in response to service user needs.
Monitoring, reporting on, and improving outcomes across a range of measures, particularly to reduce preventable GP attendances, urgent care centre attendances, A&E attendances, hospital admissions, and ambulance call-outs for the service users in the "frequent attender" cohort.
Conducting hospital ward rounds to identify those with alcohol-specific needs and engage them in treatment.
Traveling to various locations within Haringey, to make contact and build up relationships with the hospital "frequent attenders" through regular and consistent contact episodes and motivational interviewing oriented interventions.
Advocating on behalf of service users in obtaining assistance with housing, benefits, mental and physical health care, and access to substance misuse treatment services at whichever tier is appropriate.
Assisting service users in developing strategies, which improve self-esteem, social skills, and psychological wellbeing that supports their rehabilitation from alcohol misuse.
You will also carry out initial screening and triage assessment for new clients, and provide crisis intervention and duty services on a rota basis.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals struggling with drug and or alcohol-related issues? Do you have the skills to work assertively with frequent attenders in hospital ? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!, Experience working within a health and social care, community or hospital setting would be ideal.
Experience with motivational interviewing is desirable.
An understanding of substance misuse would be beneficial.
If you are committed to making a real difference in the lives of individuals struggling with and alcohol or drug -related issues, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and join us in making a positive impact in our community!, If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don't feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential.

The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.

What can Humankind offer you?
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years' service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family-friendly policies
️ Happy, Healthy You! - our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks