Criminal Justice Recovery Worker (Dependency and Recovery) - Suffolk Drug & Alcohol Service
Job Introduction
2 year fixed term contract
Are you looking for a new challenge? Turning Point Suffolk’s criminal justice team is looking for 2 experienced workers to join their expanding team. These roles are part of a new initiative to support people who have drug and / or alcohol issues and have been given a community order from the courts. You will be based at Probation and work from various agencies including Turning Point, prisons, magistrates court, crown court and the police investigation centres in either Ipswich or Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
As a Dependency and 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. (Dependent on experience you may be offered a starting salary above the initial starting salary).
We are a countywide service and you can be based at Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich or Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
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 at Turning Point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.
Role Responsibility
* Be the point of contact for Probation and Turning Point for the people who are supported by both services;
* Carry a designated complex caseload of people we support within the criminal justice system who are working with Probation and Turning Point.
* Conduct assessments of need and risk assessments and formulate risk management plans and plans that recognise the personal goals of the person we support;
* Effective partnership working and coordinate multi-agency meetings when appropriate;
* Offer client focus interventions that are underpinned by evidence and build on best practice;
* Participate in meetings and be confident and competent at presenting cases orally and through written reports;
* Ensuring achievement of key performance indicators relevant toyour role;
* Delivering internal and external learning events and representing Probation and Turning Point;
Role specifics:
* To carry out substance misuse assessments including assessment of personal strengths and identification of any risk factors;
* Formulate, monitor and review risk assessments and risk management plans that effectively safeguard and protect service users and families/carers from harm;
* Effective multiagency working with statutory and non-statutory agencies in relation to the wider presenting needs and complexities of service users;
* Deliver and support harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange and access to physical health care including BBV and health screening
The Ideal Candidate
* To build strong professional relationships with partner agencies;
* Ability to manage own diary and prioritise commitments;
* High level of written and verbal communication skills as well as an ability to keep timely and concise records;
* Knowledge of drugs and alcohol and the criminal justice system;
* Access to a car and a driving licence as the role will include travel outside of public transport hours and to locations not covered by it.
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.
* Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees. Turning Point Benefits
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
Salary Starting salary £25,116 with annual pay progression up to £29,383
Frequency Annual
Job Reference turningp/TP/135/11496
Contract Type Fixed Term
Closing Date 16 June, 2025
Job Category Recovery Work
Business Unit Substance Use
Location Suffolk County Wide - (Ipswich, Lowestoft), United Kingdom
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