John Michael Steed is a social care professional with 14 years of experience in residential and community settings working with individuals with substance abuse issues, mental health concerns, and those in the criminal justice system. He is trustworthy, approachable, caring, and able to build strong client relationships. His current role as a Criminal Justice Drugs Worker involves stabilizing clients in the community, reducing returns to custody, and lowering community crime. He has qualifications in counseling, substance misuse treatment, and motivational interviewing.

1. John Michael Steed
174 Albert Road
Sheffield
S8 9RB
j.stead08@hotmail.co.uk
Mobile: 07722 179638
Summary
Social careprofessional with 14 years’experience. Trustworthy and approachable. Committed, caring,calm,
confident and ableto build strongclientrelationships. Lastfull CRBclearance2011
Experience
 Residential and community experience
 Extensive criminal justicesystemexperience includingpolice,courts and probation
 Drugs and alcohol harmreduction
 Mental health
 Young people and vulnerableadults
 Challengingbehaviour
 Family work
Employment
April 2005 – Current Addaction
Criminal Justice Drugs Worker
Addaction is a charity which works with substancemisusers and seeks to placeclients in treatment or
recovery. My role is handlingreferrals fromthe criminal justicesystem.
 Stabilisingclients within thecommunity
 Reduction in incomplete licenses and reduced returns to custody
 Community crime reduction
 Harm reduction
July 2002 – April 2005 Archer Project
Support Worker
The Archer Project is a Christian charity thatworks with homeless and vulnerableadul ts and youngpeople
 Helpingpeople get housed and stabilised in the community
 Education support
 Assessments
 Accessingwelfareand benefits
 Referral to other agencies and resources
 Harm reduction group work
October 2002 – March 2003 Sheffield Futures
Assistant Youth Worker in a youth club
 Setting up games
 Running the tuck shop
 Playinggames with the youths

2.  Encouragingand supportingthe youths
June 2001 – July 2002 Phoenix House
Sessional support worker
 Overseeing the runningof the community for up to 36 residents on a shiftbasis
 Induction worker includingcareplans
 Facilitatinggroup therapy sessions
 Supervisingexternal activities and visits
June 1999 – June 2001 SOVA
Voluntary Social Mentoring for young offenders
 External activities
 Education support
 Socialisation
Qualifications
November 2008 Sheffield Alcohol Advisory Service
NOCN Tackling Substance Misuse (Practitioners)
May 2007 Sheffield Alcohol Advisory Service
NOCN Motivational Interviewing
2006 Sheffield Alcohol Advisory Service
NOCN Models of Care and Triage Assessment
NOCN Counselling Skills for Drug and Alcohol Workers
NOCN Working Drugs Awareness
2002 Sheffield College
NOCN Introductory Counselling Skills
NOCN Basic Counselling Awareness
2001 SOVA Sheffield
Volunteer Core Training
1999 – 2000 Sheffield College
Access Course in Social Studies and Humanities English and Maths
1998 – 1999 Sheffield College
GNVQ Health and Social Care Level 2
References
Availableon request