Recovery Worker T4 Coordinator

Location: Medway

Salary: A GBP 24,000 per annum plus benefits

Vacancy Type : Permanent, Full Time

We are currently recruiting for a Recovery Worker T4 Coordinator

Role / Team overview

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 Alcohol Interventions 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 a caseload, 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. 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.

You will have responsibility of a caseload of service users who have been identified as requiring inpatient treatment. You will be responsible for supporting them through the application process to acquire funding; accompanying them or representing them at panel; exploring residential facilities with them to find the best fit for their needs and finally ensuring that they have completed appropriate preparation prior to inpatient treatment. You will be the main point of contact for residential facilities and will be expected to keep the locally held information about each facility up to date.

Flexibility will be required in this role, this may include some evening/weekend shift with reasonable notice to deliver services, enabling continuity of care for the client group.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive to inform treatment journeys. Carry out interventions relevant to individual client needs including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.
• Referring and working in partnerships with other agencies including training and employment and family support Services to ensure that all client needs are met
• Coordinate and work alongside Health care to monitoring and manage client health and minimising risks of harm
• Develop and contribute to assessment and care planning of service users, supporting and coordinating their engagement with specialist agencies to address all their support needs.
• Motivate client to engage with support services identified in care plan and risk assessment.
• Support client with their care plan including referral to support services in the community, advice and guidance on housing, benefits and training and employment.
  
  

The ideal candidate will have

• A Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and / or any qualification in substance misuse.
• Experience of working within the substance misuse services.
• Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments, risk management plans and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.
• Experience of delivering structured interventions to service users and experience of facilitating groups.
• Knowledge of using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and group settings.
  
  

We are The Forward Trust, 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 buil