Prison Recovery Specialist

4 weeks ago

Rochester, Medway, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time
Job Title: Prison Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to providing support and respect to individuals in need, offering a safe environment for them to grow and thrive. We are seeking a skilled Prison Recovery Worker to join our team in HMP Cookham Wood.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the lives of prisoners, facilitating their recovery and supporting them in their journey towards a healthier and more fulfilling life. As a Prison Recovery Worker, you will work closely with our team to provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning, as well as reducing drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
  • Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
  • Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the wider community
  • Promote carer, service user, and community involvement
  • Provide advocacy for access to partnership services
  • Work with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination
  • Research, design, and prepare subject matter and materials for groups/pods
  • Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
  • Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
  • Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc
About You:
  • Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
  • Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behavior
  • Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with good IT skills
  • Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritizing skills
  • Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
  • Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
  • Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritizes the needs of service users
  • Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
  • Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
What We Offer:
  • Generous holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays), increasing annually for first five years
  • A paid 'Wellness' hour each week and access to our 'Wellness' hub and Employee Assist Programme
  • A contributory pension scheme
  • Discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
  • A friendly, supportive team environment with training, career development, and progression opportunities
  • Company Refer a Friend Scheme

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