### Job Introduction

**Please Note: A Full UK Driving License and Access to a Vehicle is an
Essential Requirement.**

**Part Time: 29.9****Hours Per Week 4 Days Per Week**

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with substance use issues.
As a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker, youll make a real difference to
their lives as you develop the personal, flexible and realistic support
packages they need to help turn things around. Passionate about people, youll
enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role
your own as part of a friendly and multidisciplinary team.

As directed by the SDAS Young Persons & Family Service Manager Family
Safeguarding Team Leader, the Safeguarding Recovery Worker will be an integral
member of a multi-disciplinary team within the Somerset Family Safeguarding
Team delivering comprehensive interventions, underpinned by Motivational
Interviewing Techniques, that will include delivering a full range of
outreach, open access and case management services, Support medically assisted
recovery where appropriate, and recovery interventions to families affected by
substance use where children are subject to Children Protection or Child in
Need Plans.

As a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker we offer a starting salary of £25,116
rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to
£29,383 per year (Pro-Rata). (Dependent on experience you may be offered a
starting salary above the initial starting salary).

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning
journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve
your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Whether you are looking to progress into a management and leadership role or
to be a specialist in your field as an Advanced Substance Use Practitioner at
Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.

### Role Responsibility

To provide high quality support and interventions to the highest risk families
as part of the Family Safeguarding Team. This includes working with adults and
young people with a history of substance use to achieve their goals and
improve outcomes for the whole family.

The Safeguarding Family Recovery Worker is responsible for providing the full
range of services across an operational site in Somersetas well as the
outreach provision in the locality area.

The Safeguarding Family Recovery Worker will carry a case load and provide
screening, comprehensive assessments, needle exchange, risk assessment and
risk management, recovery planning & review, support access to medically
assisted recovery (through titration and prescribing regimes), provide
outreach services including home visits, deliver 1-1 key working sessions as
well as semi and structured groups to support families through engagement,
detoxification, stabilisation and rehabilitation.

Thepost will be required to contribute to the overall aims and objectives of
the Family Safeguarding Team by compiling data and progress reports as
directed and in line with the Family Safeguarding Workbook.

The focus of all interventions will be:

* To reduce substance related harm to the individual and their children
* To reduce the negative impact on children and families of parental substance use and associated lifestyle factors
* To promote healthier life styles and increase family choice
* To promote and support parentscarers into both abstinence based and medically assisted forms of recovery
* To provide effective case management and coordination of the individual’s treatment plan in support of the children’s CP or CIN Plan.
* To promote family members involvement to improve outcomes for children

The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the overall
performance of the service to ensure that contractual output targets are
achieved and will be required to record and input client data and information
in order that the service operates within contractual, administrative and
financial requirements.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly across operational sites as
required and within an agreed number of hours to maintain the most appropriate
level of service provision.

### The Ideal Candidate

Having handled a significant caseload in a busy environment as a Recovery
Worker or similar, youll have a deep understanding of substance use and the
Recovery Agenda. Its an extremely varied role, so flexibility, a track record
of DANOS compliance and knowledge of relapse and other barriers to recovery
will be vital. Naturally, we also look for Recovery Workers with excellent
communication skills and, ideally, a vocational qualification, such as an NVQ
3 or equivalent.

Excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook etc. are
essential for this role. (Tested at interview)

The facilitation of workshops, managing of recovery coordination sessions,
compiling risk assessments and risk management plans, care planning and
reduction plans are just some of the varied duties you will be providing.

### About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations
across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every
penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for
the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we
support.

**_What Benefits Will I Receive?_**

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make
your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or
opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we
can with our total reward package that includes:

* 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
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