Floating Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Margate, United Kingdom Forward Trust Full time
Floating Support Worker (Rough Sleeping Drug & Alcohol Team)
Location: Margate, Kent
Salary: £24,000 per annum
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?
Working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over. As part of the dedicated Floating Support provision, you will support the resettlement of individuals in another district and co-ordinate care with the new drug and alcohol service centre. This service will be a time limited transition support up until the individual is fully settled in their new area and within the local drug and alcohol service. You will carry a smaller caseload to offer an enhanced level of support and flexibility for those with high complexity and experience to barriers to engagement. This will be underpinned by Trauma Informed approaches. The Dedicated skilled workers will have an understanding of the unique needs of those at risk of rough sleeping and co-ordinate care, e.g. liaison with housing support workers and facilitating access to primary care services.
You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role.
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.
Within your role you will
* Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive to inform treatment journeys.
* Carry out interventions relevant to individual client needs including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.
* Referring and working in partnerships with other agencies including training and employment and family support Services to ensure that all client needs are met
* Coordinate and work alongside Health care to monitoring and manage client health and minimising risks of harm
* Develop and contribute to assessment and care planning of service users, supporting and coordinating their engagement with specialist agencies to address all their support needs.
* Motivate client to engage with support services identified in care plan and risk assessment.
* Support client with their care plan including referral to support services in the community, advice and guidance on housing, benefits and training and employment.
What are we looking for?
* 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 of the issues facing substance misusers.
* Knowledge of the Recovery agenda.
* Knowledge of Safeguarding.
What we offer
Training opportunities and career development
Flexible working arrangements
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Electric Car Scheme
Crisis Loan Scheme
Access to Blue Light Card
3 x Wellbeing Days (Pro rata'd for Part Time Employees)
£90 per month external therapy allowance
Cycle to work scheme
Simply Heath Cash Plan
Free yearly Headspace subscription
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.
*Please note we reserve the right to close this role early

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