Recovery Worker in London)

Ad Warrior Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Recovery Worker for HMP Wormwood Scrubs in London. This role involves supporting individuals with drug and alcohol issues in a prison setting. The ideal candidate will have experience in substance misuse services and be skilled in motivational interviewing. Benefits include flexible working, training opportunities, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Crisis Loan Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Wellbeing Days

Access to Blue Light Card

Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in substance misuse services.
• Ability to carry out assessments and implement care plans.
• Experience in facilitating groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to drug and alcohol users in a prison environment.
• Hold a case load and participate in daily duties.
• Deliver psychosocial drug and alcohol interventions.

Skills

Substance Misuse Services

Motivational Interviewing

IT Skills

Equality and Diversity Knowledge

Job description

Recovery Worker - HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Location: London

Salary: £25,154 per annum plus benefits

We are recruiting for a Recovery Worker at HMP Wormwood Scrubs .

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending."

Roles Responsibilities

You will be working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over (dependent on service) to support service delivery providing harm minimisation , continuity of care and recovery support.

You will hold a case load of service users and participate in rotating daily duties that can include induction clinics and group programme facilitation. Working in a busy prison environment , in partnership with Prison operational staff and health care teams , none medical prescribers.

Services are designed to deliver Psychosocial Drug and Alcohol Interventions for Service users that are identified as having an Alcohol or drug problem. 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 offered a thorough induction at an organisational and service level. Training provided included eLearning live workshops .You will be provided with training from the Prison to support you feeling safe and confident in the expectations of you being a key holder.

Please note we would be interested in full and part time candidates for this position.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

* Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)

* Your family (parents, parents' partners, siblings, partner(s), children)

* Co-residents

* Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.

* Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates

* Credit reference checks

* Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)

* Other government and overseas agency or police checks.

The Ideal Candidate

Please see below the skills and experience needed for this role.

* 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.

* 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.

* Understanding of continuity of care, holistic care needs and community services

* Experience of promoting and supporting Equality and Diversity Knowledge

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, 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 are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

* Flexible working

* Training and development opportunities

* 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 proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/17/recovery-worker--hmp-wormwood-scrubs.html