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Ad Warrior Ltd Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom PermanentHealth & Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Highdown · Job Type Full Time · Location Sutton, Surrey · Salary £25,154 per annum · Are you looking for a meaningful career that helps others break the cycle of addiction and live a positive life? · The impact you will have in this role ...
Family Support Practitioner - Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - Ad Warrior Ltd
Description
Family Support Practitioner - HMP Highdown
Job Type Full Time
Location Sutton, Surrey
Salary £25,154 - £30,742 per annum
Forward Trust offers a range of interventions at HMP Highdown, a C category prison that specialises in rehabilitation, reintegration, and resettlement in to the community. This is an exciting chance to work alongside our multi-skilled team in supporting clients to make a fresh start and move on with their lives. Family Work is integral to the HMP Highdown ethos and this is a rare opportunity to play a key role in Forward Trust's work here.
We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with 'Lived Experience' we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.
What will you be doing?
Our three year Family Work Strategy has been devised on the basis of a thorough needs assessment, informed by available research both from within the field and across the organisation itself.
The Strategy aims to include both clients and their families as part of Forward's treatment programmes; ensuring that there are separate and distinct pathways for each, which will naturally merge and overlap, enabling us to utilise the joint involvement of family members and Concerned Significant Others (CSOs) where appropriate and feasible.
To ensure a successful family work framework across the organisation we look to understand the level of need and implement a range of appropriate interventions for families and CSOs both in prison and the community.
The Family Worker Coordinator supports the implementation of the strategy across the organisation guiding Service Managers and Connections Family Workers to deliver their role within each service.
What are we looking for?
Experience of providing support to families and providing help for family-related issues that may affect clients in prison and community services
Flexibility to meet the needs of the service as it develops
A positive problem-solving approach with the ability to focus on key issues quickly and clearly
Effective negotiating and influencing skills
Previous experience of developing and implementing service improvements
The ability to engage effectively with the client group
Understanding of the voluntary sector
Understanding of and sensitivity to diversity and equality issues
Working knowledge of using Microsoft office packages and databases
An understanding of a range of treatment approaches in the field of substance misuse, including the 12 step model.
What we offer
Training opportunities and career development
Flexible working
Season ticket loan scheme
Electric Car Scheme
Crisis Loan Scheme
Simply Health - Health Cashback Scheme
3 x Wellbeing Days (Pro Rata'd for Part Time Employees)
Access to Blue Light Card
Cycle to work scheme
25 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)
Excellent contributory pension scheme. Employer matched contributions of up 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter.
Death in service payment (2x annual salary)
Critical illness insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for The Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.
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