Community Harm Reduction Worker

2 weeks ago


Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom Falcon Support Services Full time

**Job Title**: Community Harm Reduction Worker

**Location**: Melton Mowbray

**Hours** 37.5 per week including some weekends

**Salary**: £10.25 per hour / £19,987.50 per annum

**Job type**: Full time - Fixed term until 31st March 2026

Falcon Support Services provides supported accommodation and community projects to those that are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or vulnerable in the community. Our service helps vulnerable people by providing safe and secure accommodation with our staffworking alongside clients to help them develop their skills, so they can move away from homelessness to living independently and positively contribute to their community.

**The Role**

The individual will work within a supportive and diverse team which is dedicated to sharing the message that people can recover. Working with people both individually and in groups across Leicestershire and Rutland the role will be to promote and assistwith navigating treatment options and support connections with the recovery community.

The role is challenging and rewarding with opportunities to learn, grow, and develop within Falcon Support Services. This role is 37.5 per week including some weekends. Operating around Oakham, Melton Mowbray and Harborough areas.
- Have access to a vehicle for business purposes
- Hold a valid driving licence
- Have business car insurance
- Level 2 or above professional qualification in relevant field
- Professional or personal experience of working with those struggling with addiction or in recovery
- Experience of empowering individuals to make informed choices/positive change.
- Ability to work in a customer care and quality focused manner.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Understand the needs of people who have drug/ alcohol issues.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Deliver harm reduction interventions and engage individuals into treatment with Turning Point.
- Provide group work programmes for ongoing support and aftercare including peer led recovery support.
- To deliver telephone-based recovery check-ups for service users
- To complete and provide any documentation, reports, statistics.
- To effectively use IT systems to maintain precise and accurate documentation in line with Falcon Support Services procedures,
- Report concerns appropriately, such as adult and child safeguarding issues and substantial risk.
- Every employee has a responsibility to ensure that their work complies with the Financial Regulations of the charity.

**Benefits**
- 28 days holiday (inc bank holidays) rising to 33 days from 01.01.23
- Birthday Leave - an additional day's Birthday leave
- Comprehensive Induction Training Package
- Staff Employee Assistance Programme
- Our Family Flex Scheme (Hours amended to ensure you don't miss out on the important key family events; the first day of school, sports days, nativity plays etc)
- Quarterly full staff team meetings
- Christmas Savings Club
- Staff Wellbeing drop in sessions
- Making a difference to people in need
- Varied work where no day is the same

Please click on the **APPLY** button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.



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