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Criminal Justice Recovery Worker

4 weeks ago

Canterbury, United Kingdom The Forward Trust Full time

Overview:
We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), 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.

What you will be doing?:
Working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to drug and alcohol users aged 18 and over (dependent on service). Services are designed to deliver Psychosocial Drug and AlcoholInterventions 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 required to manage clients who have been referred using the Criminal Justice (CJ) referral routes from courts, police custody and prisons; services provided to them will be integrated within the substance misuse service to provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions including structured treatment programmes.

Through care and integration with other services such as Housing, Employment, Healthcare services, Probation and CRCs are an essential element of the work; key to this role is communication with all CJ partner agencies so that outcomes and attendance are clearly demonstrated. 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 the East Kent region to deliver services, enabling continuity of care for the client group.

What we are looking for?:
Experience of working within the substance misuse services, and with CJ clients.
Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments, risk management plans and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.
Experience of working with CJ agencies such as the police, probation, CRC and prisons.
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 criminal justice sector
Knowledge of the Recovery Agenda.
Knowledge of Safeguarding
A thorough knowledge of and commitment to the 12-step process of recovery from addiction.
Knowledge of Community support Services
What we offer:
Training opportunities and career development
Flexible working
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
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)

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Person specification:
Criminal Justice Recovery Worker

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