Substance Use Recovery Worker

Phoenix Futures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London weighting included

28 days annual leave pro-rata

Cycle scheme

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Phoenix Futures is recruiting a Recovery Worker at HMP Pentonville to deliver harm reduction and support recovery for service users. You will provide care planning, advocacy, and signposting to appropriate agencies, working both independently and as part of a team.

The role involves occasional late shifts and weekend work; a London weighting is included. The organisation has over 50 years of experience in delivering substance use services and offers career development and a range of staff

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative, but also within a team.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Experience with vulnerable adults presenting with substance, alcohol and related issues is preferred.
• Knowledge of recovery concepts, care planning and signposting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide harm reduction and support recovery through relapse prevention and care planning.
• Advocate for service users and signpost to relevant agencies.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners.
• Work across shifts including occasional late shifts and weekends on a rota.

Skills

Self-motivation

Teamwork

Communication skills

Organisation

Forward thinking

Experience with vulnerable adults

Job description

Substance Use Recovery Worker- HMP Pentonville Full-time (Permanent),£29,383.65 per annum, Inclusive of London Weighting

Phoenix Futures is looking to recruit passionate and solution focusedRecovery workers at HMP Pentonville.

The Role

As a Recovery worker you will be providing harm reduction to those with substance use issues and supporting in their recovery through relapse prevention and care planning. You will also act as an advocate for these service users, signposting and referring to the necessary agencies in order to support them in their recovery holistically

Other organisations may call this roleRecovery Worker, Recovery Coordinator, Criminal Justice Worker, or Substance use Recovery Worker.

About You

As a Recovery worker you will have knowledge of recovery, care planning and will have the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external agencies.

As an individual, we are looking for someone who is

• self-motivated
• can work on their own initiative, but more importantly, as part of a team
• You will need good communication and organisational skills
• Successful candidates will be dynamic and forward thinking.
• The ideal candidate will have experience working with vulnerable adults presenting with substance, alcohol and associated issues.

This role will require occasional late shifts and Weekends on a rota basis (8am-8pm Monday-Sunday).

About Us

The Phoenix Futures Group has more than 50 years’ experience of developing and delivering pioneering substance use services. We believe in being the best and that is why we constantly strive to learn and innovate, to challenge ourselves, to adapt and to work together with others who can bring valuable expertise. Join us and we will support you to contribute to the creative development of our treatment and recovery approach to meet the needs of our service users, our commissioners and stakeholders.

Your Rewards

At Phoenix we value our staff and aim to be an employer of choice. That’s why we have developed a range of benefits, including:

• Starting salary of £29,383.65(FTE), (Inclusive of Inner London Weighting Full time)with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal, meaning potential salary increase of up to £31,085.65 (FTE). Part time roles will be calculated pro-rata from this figure.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days) Part time role's allowance will be calculated pro-rata from this figure.
• Opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal
• Dependent's leave
• Occupational sick pay
• Season ticket loan, pension scheme, life assurance, discounts platform, and cycle scheme
• Continuous training and career development
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access