Floating Support Worker
LOCATIONS: Vauxhall
SALARY: £13.38 Basic
DURATION: Temp to potential permanent
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week
(Monday – Friday | 9am to 5pm | There may be the occasional 8AM - 4PM or 10AM - 6PM shift.)
NOTE: WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP OR SUPPORT THOSE ON A SKILLED WORKER VISA.
Please note this is a hybrid role; you'll be supporting clients within the community and their own homes, working from the office in Vauxhall and working from home (up to 2 days per week).
Daily Duties
Hold a caseload of 20 key clients who have been referred following treatment and clients who have self-referred and conduct regular key work sessions resulting in agreed SMART support plans.
Arrange and carry out assessment interviews and triage for new referrals into the service.
Facilitate group activities within the service in response to identified client need or as part of a project wide programme of group work.
Deal with referrals and provide short interventions to move client through the pathway.
Provide advice and guidance on Benefits, Housing, Offending and Health and wellbeing.
Support clients to access education, training, and employment opportunities, including accredited qualification, college courses and recreational courses
Support service users to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles.
Work effectively with stakeholders and other agencies to support client's needs
Promote the development of social skills and peer mentoring relationships to improve self-esteem, recovery and independence.
Support team members to develop understanding and awareness of substance misuse.
Participate in information advice and guidance client 'drop-in' sessions across a range of settings.
Provide signposting for clients needing to access community services such as mental health and well-being services.
Assess, update, and refer service users for vaccination and immunisation programmes.
Provide information, advice and guidance on Treatment options, Residential Rehab and Prescribing.
Support the wider team to deliver interventions for individuals, including harm reduction & trauma informed approaches to engagement/re-engagement with services Essential requirements
DBS on the update service
Experience of working with complex needs clients (e.g. mental health and substance misuse)
Experience of working with clients who are in recovery or clients who are actively using drugs and/or offending
Experience of managing a caseload of clients and creating Support Plans
A good understanding of safeguarding issues and the ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessments related to this
Experience of working within substance misuse treatment
Knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions
The ability to assess and recovery plan service users and formulate written reports
An understanding of the Recovery Model, and the ability to engage and motivate people to move towards independence and inclusion
The ability to work in partnership with external stakeholders, particularly community mental health services and/or substance use services
For more information on this role please contact Emily Rex on (phone number removed)