Recovery Worker - The Forward Trust : Job Details

Recovery Worker

Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Salary: £25,154 - £30,742 per annum

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 Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime or 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

This role is currently subject to receive *bonus payment scheme* of interim Inner-London 'cost-of-living' allowance.

This is an additional £3000.00 payment over 12-months paid monthly as a taxable benefit (pro rata for part-time roles), subject to review end of March 2025.

You will be working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to prisoners aged 18 and over. The team have a broad skills mix to deliver combined psychosocial and clinical interventions promoting holistic recovery and health and wellbeing to prisoners. This might include working with low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues.

Day to day you will be responsible for managing a caseload, providing appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assessments, and care plans; You will deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for both Substance Misuse and Low-Level Mental Health service users and provide transitional support from prison to the community to prepare service users for release.

• Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive assessments to inform treatment journeys
• Carry out interventions relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation
• Facilitate substance misuse and mental health groups, and Wellbeing and Recovery programmes to the standard required
• Support service users by developing appropriate release plans with them
• Support clinical services by carrying out second signatory duties

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.

• Experience of working within the substance misuse services.
• Experience of working in a Prison environment
• Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments, risk management plans and the design and implementation of SMART care plans
• 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.
• An understanding of continuity of care, holistic care needs and community services.
• Experience of promoting and supporting Equality and Diversity
• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers
• Knowledge of the Recovery Agenda.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding
• Speaker of multiple languages is desirable but not essential.

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.

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