Recovery Worker

Location: Greater London

Recovery Worker

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Job Title:

Recovery Worker

Location:

West Ealing - Unfortunately there is no step free access available on this site.

Salary: £28,800

Shift Pattern:
Permenant/37.5 hours per week contract on a rolling rota between Monday to Sunday from 08:00 - 20:30 including a mix of longer shifts 3 to 4 days a week. You may be required to work outside these hours as per service requirements such as bank holidays and evenings.

About the Role

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Recovery Worker to join our team based in West Ealing . We support adults experiencing homelessness, isolation, mental health challenges and addiction. We provide support and appropriate interventions that will enable successful resettlements, and deliver to achieve safer, integrated communities for our stakeholders. The service has two 24/7 multi-bed premises which provide supported housing for individuals facing addiction and homelessness.

In this role, you will work closely with our residents to provide tailored person-centred support to enable our residents to feel empowered to overcome personal challenges, and achieve their desired goals. You will support them with re-integrating into the community through tailored support plans, interventions, and working closely with our stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities include:

* Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of residents and participants at all times

* Focusing on empowering our residents to take control over their lives and meet their personal goals

* Planning activities to engage residents with other people, communities, and opportunities

* Building trusting professional relationships with residents, helping them to achieve their goals and aspirations which could be through tailored one to one sessions, group sessions, in and out of service activities, and general wellbeing check ins

* Be a valued and reliable member of the team, completing handovers for night colleagues for a seamless service

About You

We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion and felt purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference to people’s lives!
We are looking for a team player, driven to provide high quality care and support to others, an effective communicator who is able to build rapport with others from various backgrounds. You will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, whilst able to form effective, positive and motivational relationships.

* Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds and/or a good understanding of the sector, particularly around multiple and complex needs and homelessness

* Ability to show empathy and compassion to our residents, and different challenges they face

* Ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs

* Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents

* Ability to promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, with an ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with stakeholders

* Understanding of the different needs people with multiple and complex needs have and be aware of the social marginalisation that can be attached to people who face personal challenges

* Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

What we Offer

* 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service

* Employer Pension Contribution

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