Recovery Worker
Location: Gillingham
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract until 31/03/25
Are you passionate about helping people and looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to work for a company where you are valued and be a person who can make a difference?
We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often-interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with 'Lived Experience' we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.
What you will be doing
Working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to people with drug and alcohol treatment needs through clinical and psychosocial interventions.
Services will deliver client centred treatment using both harm reduction and abstinence-based treatment approaches depending on the requirements of the individual client. You will be required to manage a caseload, provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions including structured treatment programmes. Through care and integration with other services such as Housing, Employment, Healthcare services, Probation and CRCs are an essential element of the work. You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role.
This role is predominantly based at our main office in Gillingham but will include some working at satellite services in Chatham and Rochester.
Flexibility will be required in this role, including a weekly evening duty, working till 8pm.
What we are looking for
We are looking for motivated, self-driven and passionate individuals to work with our client group and support them on their way to recovery. The skills and experience listed below is desirable but not essential as we offer robust induction and ongoing training programme to develop our workforce.
- Knowledge of Opiate substitution therapy and harm reduction initiatives
- Experience and motivation to engage individuals through pro-active outreach
- Experience of engaging and motivating individuals to change
- Experience of working within the substance misuse services.
- Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments, risk management plans and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.
- Speaker of multiple languages is desirable but not essential.
- Experience of delivering structured interventions to service users.
- Experience of facilitating groups.
- Using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and group settings.
- Strong IT skills.
- Excellent organisational skills
What we offer
- Training and development opportunities
- Flexible working
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
- We reserve the right to close vacancies early