We are recruiting for Recovery Worker in East Kent

Here at The Forward Trust Community hub we help to support people that have issues with drugs and/or alcohol and want to make a positive change.

We also support the family and friends of people who are worried about their loved ones substance use.Role Responsibilities

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