Family Support Worker

Family Support Worker

Location: HMP Onley

Salary: £24,000 - £25,844 per annum

The Forward Trust are a UK leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services to offenders. We deliver treatment and recovery support - in prisons and in the community - which helps people move away from addiction and crime. These services provide a variety of support, including advice, counselling, group work and intensive treatment. At The Forward Trust we believe that all people who are addicted to or misusing substances should have access to support, which is effective in protecting their health, and motivating them to take steps towards their own recovery. Over 20 years of pursuing this mission, we have been successful in moving thousands of drug dependent offenders away from a lifestyle revolving around crime, and drug or alcohol dependence.

What you will be doing

The Family Support Practitioner role provides specialist support to clients and family members through the delivery of effective 1:1 And group interventions. The role is also required to work closely with other Forward staff and external partners to ensure a holistic package of care and support is provided.

Recognising the importance of relationships in the lives of the people we support is crucial to providing the best possible treatment and services. This role will focus specifically on supporting clients to recognise healthy and unhealthy relationships, build new relationships and understand the role relationships play in their addiction, offending, mental health and other areas of need.

The Family Support Practitioner will also directly support family members and concerned significant others (CSOs), helping them to improve their health and wellbeing and help them to support clients to make positive changes.

What are we looking for?

If you have at least 4 of the following we would like you to apply:

• Experience of providing family related support to clients with a history of addiction, offending and mental health problems
• Experience of providing support directly to family members/CSOs
• Experience of working with complex families and facilitating family meetings
• Experience of delivering group interventions/facilitating group work with clients
• A flexible and adaptable approach 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
• Excellent communication 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, equality and inclusion
• A good understanding of adult and child/YP safeguarding responsibilities
• An understanding of a range of treatment and rehabilitative approaches in the field of substance misuse/addiction, offending and mental health
• Knowledge of the use of database monitoring systems
• Experience of overseeing the collection, recording and collating of information, including statistical data, for audit, research and reporting purposes
• Possession of an accredited level 3 qualification in family work, or other related subject area
• Possession of an accredited level 4 or above in family work, family counselling/therapy or other related subject area

Having full UK driving licence is desirable due to the rural location and poor transport links.

What we offer

• We work a 35-hour working week
• £90 monthly allowance for external supervision
• Simply Health - reimbursement of opticians, dental, prescription costs etc
• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days with length of service) + Bank holidays.
• 3 Wellbeing Days per annum (time to pursue personal wellbeing activities)
• Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter
• Training opportunities and career development
• Cycle to work scheme, electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Access to Blue light card

To Apply

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