Engagement Recovery Worker - Thurrock
hace 19 horas
Grays
Permanent£25,000 Are you passionate about supporting people affected by drug and alcohol use? Do you have the empathy, resilience, and drive to help individuals take positive steps in their lives? Join our dedicated Drug & Alcohol Service as an Engagement Recovery Worker and make a real difference across Thurrock. This is a full-time role (35 hours) with flexible outreach across the community, so you’ll need to travel safely around Thurrock, ideally with access to a car. About the Role As an Engagement Worker, you will: • Engage individuals early to reduce harm and help them access treatment and health interventions., • Deliver brief, structured interventions for a range of substances including alcohol, opiates, cannabis, stimulants, NPS, and performance-enhancing drugs., • Provide outreach across hostels, GP surgeries, community hubs, and public spaces., • Offer harm reduction advice, including safer use information and overdose prevention., • Collaborate with service users to develop strengths-based support plans and encourage recovery., • Maintain professional boundaries, manage risk, and uphold safeguarding responsibilities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including those with lived experience of recovery (used safely and professionally). You will bring: • Compassion, resilience, and a non-judgmental approach., • Experience supporting vulnerable adults or working in a community setting., • Confidence engaging individuals who may be reluctant or ambivalent about support., • Understanding of substance misuse, harm reduction, and safeguarding., • Strong communication, organisational, and record-keeping skills. If you’re ready to help people on their recovery journey and thrive in a compassionate, forward-thinking environment, we want to hear from you! Please see attached Job Description for full details 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 build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community. We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - • Flexible working, • Training and development opportunities, • 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) Diversity at Forward Trust The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles. To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click ___. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know. Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview. If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements. Our Commitment to Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.