Recovery Practitioner

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

In Justice, we work with young people and adults in custody and in the community, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement, mentoring, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work and youth justice. We believe that with effective support mechanisms and the correct interventions, we can change service user’s ideology, helping them desist from crime and reach their true potential.

Recovery Practitioners manage a caseload of service users and complete ongoing assessments and management of each Service Users needs, capacity, opportunity and motivation to rehabilitate. They deliver and access interventions that support rehabilitation working in partnership with a range of local providers and taking account of available risk information.

As a Recovery Practitioneryour main accountabilities will include:

• Undertake structured assessments to understand the specific dependency and recovery needs of the service user & construct tailored action plans in line with their specific needs, complexity level, risk factors & protected characteristics.
• Develop, monitor, and evaluate action plans which are tailored to the service user’s dependency and recovery needs and required outcomes.
• Provide appropriate specialist and targeted dependency and recovery support, and interventions on a 1:1 and group basis.
• Sign-post people on probation to relevant agencies/organisations that will support them with their dependency and recovery needs.
• Utilise our evidence-based structured interventions, and co-design and deliver tailored specialist training/courses/interventions to develop service users’ dependency and recovery awareness and risk management plans.
• Support service users to develop an overall recovery plan based on referral and action plan outcomes.
• Use Action Planning to identify service user needs for dependency and recovery risks.

For more information on the role and an exhaustive list of responsibilities, please see full Job Description here.

Essential:

• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office - Word and Excel

Desirable:

• Any qualification relevant to working with those in Criminal Justice System, for example criminology/ criminal justice/ social care/ mental health/ IAG/ Family.
• Relevant professional qualification in Substance Misuse / Youth Work studies / Counselling qualification and/or skills.

For more information on the role and an exhaustive list of responsibilities, please see full Job Description here.

Place of work: Based at one of our London Hubs

Hours of work: 38 hours per week.

Salary/Grade: From £27,308

Level of screening: Enhanced DBS/Prison Vetting

If you’re successful you will be required to consent to relevant checks by the Disclosure & Barring Service and Ministry of Justice.

Ex-offenders must be able to demonstrate a minimum period of 12 months constructive crime free lifestyle prior to being considered for this role.

Whilst Catch22 is a Ban the Box employer as part of conditions working for this particular contract successful candidates may be asked to gain HMPPS vetting (if ever required to satisfy business need), there are certain previous convictions that may prevent you from being successfully cleared. Catch22 has no influence on this decision nor autonomy to override the outcome.

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Within the Justice hub at Catch22 we are extremely proud of our strong focus and track record in developing our people. As of September 2022, 73% of our management group have progressed from frontline roles within Catch22, which allows us to offer progression opportunities for staff under the leadership of managers with frontline experience.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.