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Recovery Worker (STaR)

Humankind Charity • Full-time • United Kingdom • £24.02k - £30.79k / year • 3m ago

Vacancy No

VN4389

Employment Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.00

Work Pattern

Monday to Friday

Location

Magdalene House, Grendon Road, Exeter, Devon EX1 2NJ

Location Region

South West

Location City

Exeter

Location Postal Code

EX1 2NJ

Interview Date

Job Details

‘When you choose to join us, you’re choosing more than just a job…. you’re choosing to make a difference’.

About the role…
You will work with the Exeter STaR (System Treatment and Recovery) team on a project delivering intensive and holistic support to individuals experiencing addiction and homelessness. The STaR project is a really exciting opportunity to deliver the type of intensive support that our clients with complex problems deserve.

As a member of the STaR team you will have the time and space to establish strong therapeutic relationships with your caseload of clients, you will work closely with the project’s GP and Clinical Psychologist so you can support the client to address the sorts of physical and mental health challenges that often get in the way of peoples’ recovery. You will have access to personal budgets that can be used by you and your clients to rediscover fun in clients’ lives. You will work with housing and homelessness experts inside and outside the team to help clients find and keep a home. By working diligently and proactively, as part of an integrated multi-agency team, you will apply intensive and co-created recovery solutions, enabling health & well-being improvements that are meaningful and sustainable. The existing STaR team members are inspiring and motivating supporting positive change for some of the most vulnerable people in Exeter. If you are committed to addressing social exclusion and you would love to work on a project that gives you the time, space, expertise and resources to do things differently we would love for you to apply.

You will provide substance misuse-specific knowledge and interventions, working in a highly flexible way to bring the right treatment, in the right place, at the right time to people with complex lives. You will work in a multi skilled team based in Exeter’s multiagency hub, CoLab, where you will be able to ensure the clients can access support that will help them address multiple support needs. We do not expect you to be an expert in multiple areas, you will work with lots of different partner agencies who all bring different expertise and allow us to address the many presenting needs of our clients.

We are keen to acknowledge the complexity of people’s problems whilst highlighting their inherent strengths and helping them connect with friends and families who want to see them recover. STaR works to a Strength-Based Approach focusing on individuals and community assets, you will work with the client, family / friends, the team and our wider network of partners to build a network of support around the client. Where services essential to the progress of service users' treatment journeys, are less accessible, you will be assertively advocating for equitable entry into those existing services through all appropriate channels.

The successful applicant will care deeply about addressing social injustice, will be resourceful, able to articulate themself appropriately on behalf of the service users and resilient to change and challenges. If you are the successful candidate, you will be part of an exciting project that will bring immediate and new opportunities for recovery and health improvement to a particularly marginalised group of people. To support this, you will have access to high quality management support: and you will be able to draw on the Team’s expertise in medicine, psychology and homelessness. You will participate in weekly multi-disciplinary clinical meetings with a focus on shared risk management and psychological formulation; you will be provided with regular psychologist-led reflective practice; and psychologist led one-to-one clinical supervision and professional development. You will have access to supplementary training: and be invited to contribute to the project learning and evaluation group.

Service Provision:

Client-focused with strong positive aspirations for this complex client group.
The motivation to help us devise new ways in which people can recover, a desire to help us test new ways of working, learn and adapt and then test new refined ways of helping people.
Bring personal warmth and empathy skills to building trusting relations with clients.
Early and assertive engagement meetings with service users where they are living.
Well-developed professional boundaries and ability to apply ‘co-production’ principles to any stage of treatment/recovery.
Responsible for managing dynamic risk and personal safety in a wide range of environments.
Robust understanding of both harm reduction and recovery principles and practice
Able to think creatively about treatment options, changes and transitions in the context of a multi-disciplinary and agency approach.
Access supervision, group supervision and learning opportunities; being able to identify professional growth areas and support colleagues with their ongoing professional development where appropriate.
Engage in task and finish groups as appropriate to support the project’s evaluation and sustainability plan of the project.
Encourage service users to become involved in the project and in service user forums in Exeter that will enhance their experience and increase a sense of belonging.
Broker community assets and resources that will strengthen recovery, increase health and well-being and expand scope of opportunities for our service users.

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‘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…
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.

What can Humankind offer you…

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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

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Blue light card discount

Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses

Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies

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Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce

Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks

Humankind is an equal opportunities employer

We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@humankindcharity.org.uk

Salary Period

Per Annum

Vacancy Salary Range

£24,020-£30,790

DBS Requirement

Enhanced

Does role require Police/Prison vetting?

Not Applicable

Driving licence required for role?

Applications Close Date

12 Aug 2024