The Forward Trust
Location
Sutton, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
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.
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.
The Forward Trust provide both clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services across Surrey Prisons in partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Each service operates a Health and Wellbeing framework taking a trauma informed and gender responsive approach to delivery of a wide variety of interventions and integrated pathways tailored to meet specific needs of each prison and individual service users.
You will be based on site working within a team that have a broad skills mix to deliver combined psychosocial and clinical interventions providing recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to service users aged 18 and over between: HMP Downview, a women’s closed category prison located in Sutton and HMP/YOI Bronzefield a dynamic and forward-thinking prison which accommodates a diverse and complex population of women remanded & sentenced.
Please note travel will be required between sites (reasonable travel expenses paid).
There is a high population of young offenders in HMP/YOI Bronzefield, Younger offenders who often find it challenging to engage in adult services as their needs are different. This role will act as a Young Adult and Inclusion Lead who will work with service users aged 18 to 25yrs.
Additionally, there will be a focus for this role to provide support to HMP Downsview’s transgender population, ensuring that the service is inclusive. They will ensure that interventions are tailored to meet the needs of this population, providing support and guidance to staff on how to engage them. They will facilitate regular service user forums to ascertain ways in which we can improve service provision for transgender people.
Youth & Inclusion Worker day-to-day responsibilities:
This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. The service operates 7 days a week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.
• Pro-actively engaging 18-25-year olds into treatment by providing wing outreach targeting those who need support.
• Deliver bespoke interventions designed for young adults e.g., Change up programme - Change Up is an early intervention programme of short one to one and group sessions, designed especially for young adults aged 18-25yrs to help them make their own choices about drugs and alcohol, in a more informed way. The programme combines one to one and group sessions, covering a range of topics including drug and alcohol use and mental health to educate and inform participants around the consequences of their choices.
• Facilitate regular young adults Service User engagement forums, which will give young adults a voice, empower them to make suggestions on how we can improve our service.
• Lead in planning and delivering Equality, Diversity & Inclusion activities and promotions for staff and service users
• Provide one to one support and manage caseload of young adults and those identifying as part of the LQBTQ+ community.
• Day-to-day managing a caseload, providing appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, conducting assessments and formulating and delivering care plans ensuring co-production with the service user. You will deliver structured 1:1s, facilitate group-work sessions and perform second signatory duties.
• Release planning and ensuring through-care arrangements for transitional support for those leaving the prison and returning to the community.
• Accurate and timely recording of data will be a vital part of your role.
Please be aware that the service operates a 7 days a week service therefore weekend working on a rota basis will be required.
*Please note, we reserve the right to close this role early
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