Drug & Alcohol Worker

**NON CYC VACANCY**

**Criminal Justice Worker - Part-Time**

**Working hours**: 30 hours per week

**About the service...**

Crossroads Diversionary Scheme is a preventative and early intervention model that works with adult males and females that reside within North Yorkshire and York, who are involved with, or area to risk of becoming involved with the Criminal Justice System. The role will provide holistic assessments and one to one support, taking into consideration the diverse needs of the individual, to ensure an appropriate and effective package of care is delivered, with an aim to reduce first time offending and prevent further offending.

**About the role...**

The key duties of the role will include:

- To offer preventative initiatives tailored to the individual needs of men and women, to prevent and reduce offending.
- Manage a service user caseload, devising, implementing and reviewing on-going recovery plans, liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team, including family members and significant others as appropriate.
- To continually assess the service users needs, deliver interventions and refer onto appropriate services.
- To liaise with the referring agency on clients attendance and give appropriate information regarding the clients progress.
- Actively develop relations with Police, Liaison & Diversion, HM Courts, Probation, Housing, Community Agencies and HM Prisons ensuring robust engagement, referral protocols and care pathways are in place ensuring they receive appropriate support.
- Carry out risk assessments, demonstrating effective actions and interventions are delivered and advice provided to minimise the risk/s identified, and contribute to the development and implementation of motivational individual care plan.
- To maintain up to date accurate client records including contact notes, risk assessments, care plans and care plan reviews.
- To work with Mentors and Volunteers to provide advocacy/support to service users and foster a culture of peer support, leadership and family inclusion.
- Provide a full range of services in an outreach and in-reach capacity including satellites offices and in partnership with others.

**About you...**
- A good understanding on the criminal justice system
- Previously worked in a similar position, preventing vulnerable people from being involved in the criminal justice system
- Experience carrying out interventions and risk assessments
- A relevant Health and Social Care, Counselling or Safeguarding qualification
- A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle, is preferred but not essential.

**Please note that being appointed this post will be dependent on receiving a clear police vetting.**

The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band alongside our excellent benefits.

**Who are we...**

Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England - and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

Thanks for bearing with us - and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site:
**What can Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) offer you...**
- Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
- Death in service benefit
- Free Will writing
- Eyecare vouchers
- Blue light card discount
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
- Work-life balance
- flexible working and family friendly policies Happy, Healthy You - our wellbeing offers for our workforce
- Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

**Waythrough (Formerly Humankind) is an equal opportunities employer**

**Closing date**: Friday 1 November 2024 at 12 midnight

**Interview date**: TBC

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