Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live • Rochester Hills, MI

3d • £27,861 - £32,002 • Onsite

About The Position

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to helping individuals change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. They are seeking a Recovery Worker for HMP Cookham Wood, focusing on facilitating recovery, reinforcing hope, and supporting lifestyle change for prisoners. The role requires flexibility, curiosity, and good listening skills. The successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain HMPPS security clearance. This is a permanent, full-time position working 37.5 hours per week. The role may also involve overseeing duties at HMP Rochester.

Requirements

• 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 behaviour.
• 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 prioritising 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 prioritises 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
• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Must complete an enhanced DBS check
• Must obtain HMPPS security clearance

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• Working 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

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
• One extra day of annual leave for each year of service during the first five years (up to 30 days)
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week
• ‘Wellness’ hub
• Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed