Recovery Support Worker

at  Hestia Housing Support

RECOVERY SUPPORT WORKER

• Job Reference: 1311002758-2
• Date Posted: 1 May 2024
• Recruiter: Hestia Housing Support
• Location: Lambeth, London
• Salary: £26,873
• Sector: Administration, Business development, Print
• Job Type: Permanent

WHY HESTIA?

Joining Hestia means more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to be part of something bigger. We offer a supportive, inclusive and resolution driven work environment where your contributions are recognised and valued. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to grow both personally and professionally while making a lasting impact on the lives of those we serve.

We are looking for candidates who bring a combination of passion, expertise, and dedication to the table. To excel in this role, you should possess:

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults, ideally those with experience of the Criminal Justice System
• Knowledge and experience of delivering meaningful interventions to encourage positivechange in people
• Knowledge and understanding of the antecedents to, and consequences of, offending behaviour
• The ability to engage and communicate effectively with others to provide a flexible and responsive approach.
• Being optimistic about the possibility of change and people’s capacity to change.
• The ability to learn quickly, gather information and make defensible decisions.
• The capacity to maintain firm boundaries, using authority legitimately whilst working pro-socially and positively with people.
• The ability to receive, process and accurately record detailed information, sharing it with others as appropriate and within the framework of confidentiality.
• An understanding of the emotional and behavioural impact of trauma and the ability to work with people who may be display a range of emotions, behaviours and communication challenges.
• The ability to work as part of a team, leading by example, taking a pragmatic, hands on approach to practical tasks such as cooking, gardening and other household’ chores and leisure activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately.

A DAY IN THIS ROLE LOOKS LIKE .

As an Intervention Worker, at Hestia, you will play a crucial role in our Criminal Justice Service. Your contributions will directly influence the lives of our service users, guiding them towards a path of empowerment and independence.

A day will never look the same and some of the things you can expect to do/be responsible for are:

• Modelling pro-social behaviour and attitudes, helping to create and maintain a positive culture of respect in all work inside and outside of the service with both clients and colleagues.
• Actively engaging with clients and providing opportunities to do so; delivering activities to them that aid their resettlement into the community.
• Contributing to delivery of the sentence plan in conjunction with colleagues in probation, the police and other external agencies.
• Following protocols, encouraging compliance and taking enforcement action as necessary, in particular around drug and alcohol testing requirements and curfews.
• Ensuring that colleagues, multi-agency partners and management are informed and updated as necessary.
• Actively monitoring and maintaining the health, safety, security, cleanliness and hygiene of the Approved Premises and the well-being of its occupants utilising information sharing, CCTV, direct observation, inspection, personal contact and other methods, as appropriate.
• Ensuring that all related administration is done in good time; that detailed, concise and accurate records are created contemporaneously, that information is shared appropriately, and that confidentiality is properly maintained.
• In all aspects of their work staff are expected to adhere to operational requirements detailed in the latest Approved Premises Manual, in print or on EQUIP.
• To work within Hestia’s policies and procedures where these don’t conflict with requirements of the Ministry of Justice or Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
• Actively and consistently demonstrate The Hestia Approach Approved Premises (AP) work with the highest-risk offenders and provide a vital element in public protection arrangements.

We are looking for candidates who bring a combination of passion, expertise, and dedication to the table. To excel in this role, you should possess:

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults, ideally those with experience of the Criminal Justice System
• Knowledge and experience of delivering meaningful interventions to encourage positivechange in people
• Knowledge and understanding of the antecedents to, and consequences of, offending behaviour
• The ability to engage and communicate effectively with others to provide a flexible and responsive approach.
• Being optimistic about the possibility of change and people’s capacity to change.
• The ability to learn quickly, gather information and make defensible decisions.
• The capacity to maintain firm boundaries, using authority legitimately whilst working pro-socially and positively with people.
• The ability to receive, process and accurately record detailed information, sharing it with others as appropriate and within the framework of confidentiality.
• An understanding of the emotional and behavioural impact of trauma and the ability to work with people who may be display a range of emotions, behaviours and communication challenges.
• The ability to work as part of a team, leading by example, taking a pragmatic, hands on approach to practical tasks such as cooking, gardening and other household’ chores and leisure activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately