Through the Gate Worker

Phoenix Futures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ILW included

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Season ticket loan

Cycle scheme

Employee Assistance programme

Job summary

Phoenix Futures is recruiting a Through the Gate worker to support individuals with substance use issues at HMP Pentonville, delivering harm reduction, relapse prevention and recovery planning. You will advocate for service users and coordinate with internal and external agencies to support successful outcomes.

The role is based at the prison, with a 75-hour fortnight schedule and a rota including evenings/weekends; the team ensures safety protocols and staff support for these assignments.

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable adults presenting with substance, alcohol and associated issues.
• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Flexible to work late shifts and weekends on a rota.

Responsibilities

• Provide harm reduction and relapse prevention support to service users.
• Support in recovery planning and signpost to community agencies.
• Prepare service users for release and accompany to community appointments when needed.
• Advocate for service users and work with internal/external partners.

Skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Good communication

Organisational skills

Relapse prevention

Relationship building

Job description

Phoenix Futures is looking to recruit a passionate and solution focused Through the gate worker at HMP Pentonville. As a Through the gate worker you will be providing harm reduction to those with substance use issues and supporting in their recovery through relapse prevention and care planning.

Full-Time Permanent - 75 hour fortnight (£29,383.65), Mon-Sun rota basis

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. You will be responsible for preparing service users for release, and providing additional support in the community. This may involve accompanying prison leavers to community appointments and advocating for them, to facilitate their engagement with probation if applicable, and community support services. The role is 100% based at HMP Pentonville as your employment base. You would not be expected to do this community based work alone, all work is risk assessed and protocols are in place to provide adequate staffing support to carry out these appointments safely.

As aThrough the gateworkeryou 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). However, we are keen to hear from candidates who have a preference for working evenings and weekends only.

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(Inclusive of Inner London Weighting)with opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal.
• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing 1 day yearly (Max 30 days)
• Opportunity to access potential yearly salary increments subject to appraisal
• Dependants 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

About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment.

Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future.

We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing.

We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important toincludepeople with lived experienceto ensurethe needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone isfree to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

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