Recovery Support Worker - HMP Onley - Northamptonshire Permanent24,000 Plus Benefits

We are recruiting for a Recovery Support Worker at HMP Onley.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. 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.Working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over (dependent on service). 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 if relevant to the unit you are working in. Through care and integration with other services such as Transitional, Housing, Employment, Gym, Healthcare, Probation and external Drugs Intervention Teams are an essential element of the work to prepare for release.You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by The Forward Trust and the local commissioners. In order to compliment clinical provision you may be required to complete second signatory and oral swab testing.Flexibility will be required in this role, this may include some evening/weekend shift and with reasonable notice to travel to other projects in your cluster to deliver services, enabling continuity of care for the client group.All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)Your family (parents, parents partners, siblings, partner(s), children)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.Knowledge of the Recovery Agenda.Experience of working within the substance misuse services.Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.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. 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. 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)- 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- Diversity at Forward TrustThis includes those with Lived Experience of addiction, offending, or homelessness.This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

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