Senior Day Programme Recovery Worker - Medway

Are you passionate about helping people and looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to work for a company where you are valued and be a person who can make a difference?

We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), 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 build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with ‘Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.

You will be delivering the Forward Trust’s Substance Dependency Treatment Programme that uses the 12 Step Approach in a community day rehab setting. The role is based in the Medway community drug and alcohol service and you will responsible for contributing to the success of the day programme and supporting service users to make transformational change. The aim is to ensure adequate accessibility across Medway for all service users therefor the role will entail both face to face and online delivery.

The role will require you to oversee the day to day delivery of the structured programme. As a senior member of the team you will be responsible for working closely with the Recovery Support Team Leader to ensure the programme is being delivered in an effective manner, whilst providing supervision, training and guidance to members of the team.

• Take an active role in the implementation and achievement of team objectives.
• Develop supportive relationships with direct reports, team and other colleagues in Forward’s Medway service.
• Build strong relationships with, and makes full use of the support offered by, Line Management and Head Office functions.
• Communicate all new developments to all members of your team.
• Promote the Day Programme across the Medway region.
• Support the programme team to build and maintain productive relationships with Forward’s Medway teams ensuring streamlined experience for service users and colleagues.
• Oversee and manage programme referral and assessment processes ensuring they are completed correctly within allocated time frame.
• Use your extensive knowledge and experience to aid direct reports with their ability to develop and carry out interventions relevant to individual service user need including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.
• Support the development of clear recovery pathways, including a 12 step programme in both face to face and online formats.

We are looking for motivated, self-driven and passionate individuals to work with our client group and support them on their way to recovery. The skills and experience listed below is desirable but not essential as we offer robust induction and ongoing training programme to develop our workforce.

• Carry out assessments, designing and implementing SMART care plans.
• Effective negotiating and influencing skills.
• Understanding of 12 step approach.
• The ability to engage effectively with the service user group.
• Experience and knowledge of the range of psychosocial interventions including structured programme facilitation and how they benefit the service user group we work with.
• Level 2/3 Counselling qualification (or working towards)
• Quick thinking with a high level use of initiative

• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working 
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria).

*Please note, we reserve the right to close this role early

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