Drug and Alcohol Specialist Support Worker, Look Ahead Care Support and Housing, Tower Hamlets
Looking for a new role where you can make a difference every day? We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Drugs and alcohol Specialist Support Worker to join our Hackney Road Project service in Tower Hamlets
£23,970.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare, and career progression.
Shift Patterns: 40 Hours Rolling rota- shift work, Some weekends and bank holiday, Early- 7:30- 4, Late- 2-10:30pm
Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the Southeast. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
At East London Apartments, we are looking for team members who are resilient and committed to working with individuals who have experienced complex trauma and multiple exclusion. East London Apartments is a complex need accommodation-based service in Tower Hamlets, supporting some of the most entrenched rough sleepers in the borough. The service has been developed on the principles of the Housing First model and is underpinned by trauma informed practice.
We are looking for team members who are resilient and committed to working with individuals who have experienced trauma and multiple exclusion. Working at East London Apartments provides an opportunity to work closely with clinical teams, local statutory agencies, substance misuse services and the criminal justice system, so is an ideal setting for candidates with an interest in psychology, trauma, offending behaviours, mental health and substance misuse. If this is you, submit your application today!
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Job Overview:
When working with individuals with complex needs, who may display challenging, chaotic behaviours, regularly testing boundaries and have experienced multiple traumas as a result of abuse, neglect, years of street homelessness, or long stays in mental health hospitals, it is integral that the post holder is motivated to support individuals to progress. They should continually hold aspirations for individuals despite multiple setbacks, and display emotional resilience, able to process challenging incidents and remain motivated to deliver excellent support.
The successful applicant will have experience working closely with a range of services to support individuals to recover from their dependence on drugs and or alcohol. You will have good knowledge of harm reduction techniques and various treatment approaches for addiction and be confident in the use of these approaches. These should include but are not limited to medication treatment, behavioural counselling and relapse prevention.
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021.
We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds
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