Aftercare Recovery Worker

Overview:
**Change Grow Live** are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

We have an exciting opportunity for an **Aftercare** **Recovery Worker **at our **Bromley Service **who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

**Salary**:£27,449.53 - £31,529.41 per year

**Allowances**: £2,163.27 Outer London Weighting

**Hours**: 37.5 per week

**Contract type**: Permanent

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**:

- Aftercare care coordinator overseeing assigned groups of service users, providing: 1-1s; structured group work; asset mapping; recovery planning (using motivational interviewing techniques) and reviews of care.
- Coordinate a tailor-made package of care including Recognised psycho-social interventions; 1 to1 key work, POD and group work; encourage and support engagement with community groups/organisations; The post holder will be the broker for these interventions.
- Carry out comprehensive service user assessments, including asset mapping of community resources and develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and re/integrating into the community.
- Support the development of service based recovery communities.
- Work with prescribing clinicians to support substitute prescribing regimes to improve social functioning.
- Triage assessment and onward referral to a range of treatment/community support agencies.
- Carry out risk assessments and risk management.
- Further develop CGL’s links with local recovery groups / mutual aid groups.
- Help individuals to develop recovery resources and access peer and mutual support groups to develop their own recovery capital.

**About you**:

- Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
- A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc.
- Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
- Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
- Ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies.
- Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
- Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to engage successfully with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

**What we will give to you**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service (pro rata for part time)
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Generous refer a friend scheme

**_
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification_**

If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with **Change Grow Live,** then we’d love to talk to you