Advanced Practitioner Joseph Tucker

Joseph Tucker

About me and my practice

I graduated from the Centre of Addiction Treatment Centre in 2016, with a foundation degree. My most recent role has been Lead Practitioner at a residential drug and alcohol treatment centre. Action on Addiction Clouds House September 2019 – Present Many my own case load of clients. Approximately 2-3 at any one time. This includes 3 1:1 sessions a week, along with facilitating group therapy at least twice a week.

I work full time, which includes weekends. I have been undertaking this practice for the past 5 years.

Outline of offer:

Below I describe more detail about each role I have had as a counsellor and as a leading practitioner.

Provide expertise, insight, advice and guidance to colleagues with regards to the Clouds House treatment model.
Carry out risk assessments, management and treatment plans.
Monitor delivery of the model by team members to ensure adherence to the model.
Drive the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children by ensuring compliance with the safeguarding policies.
Provide mentoring, learning opportunities, coaching and training for students, volunteers and members of the team to build a learning culture.
Lead team meetings communicating organisational news, garnering feedback from staff, passing on knowledge and expertise.
Ensured clinical supervision is effective and well attended.
Reflection on lessons learned regarding treatment outcomes.
Engaged the team to deliver successful treatment outcomes e.g.: commitment to abstinent recovery, client engagement with mutual aid and social support networks.
Maintained relationships with care teams and referrers.

Experience

Lead Counsellor Action on Addiction Clouds House September 2018 – September 2019

Carry a small caseload of up to 2 clients
Carry out interpersonal group therapy with clients.
Provide individual counselling sessions.
Produce high quality client records.
Liaise with external professionals involved in client care.
Arrange and facilitate family conferences in consultation with the client.
Identify safeguarding concerns and report in a timely and appropriate way.
Provide first-line management for the counselling team including bank workers, students on placement, and holistic treatment providers (sub-contractors)
Carry out progress reviews and appraisals in line with policy requirements.
Managing attendance including sickness absence, annual leave, other absences.
Recruitment and induction of team members.
Monitor performance, provide feedback to workers, take action to address under-performance.
Organise weekly and monthly rotas to deliver effective resources to meet the treatment model.
Develop training plans with team members.
To provide staff members with support to ensure their wellbeing and safety.

Counsellor Action on Addiction Clouds House September 2016 – September 2018

Carry out client assessments and risk assessments.
Be an assigned case manager and counsel clients about their substance abuse using recognised theoretical frameworks and the Clouds House Interpersonal model.
Provide group therapy.
Provide 1:1 counselling.
Deliver workshops and facilitate gender groups, community meetings and other group activities.
Create and review treatment plans.
Produce client files and case notes.
Liaise with other relevant professionals about clients.
Contribute to family conferences in consultation with the client.
Identify safeguarding issues and report these.
Attendance of all Treatment Team and Counselling Team Meetings.
Attendance of clinical group supervision, line management progress reviews and staff support sessions.