At Hestia, we are guided by our core values and are dedicated to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation.
Right now, we are looking for a Waking Night Recovery Worker to play a pivotal role in our Recovery House in Medway.
You will be co-producing risk assessments, crisis plans, and safety plans with service users, their loved ones and professionals, while delivering person-centred support that adapts to changing needs, strengths and progress.
You will be supporting individuals to achieve outcomes around wellbeing, safety, economic stability and positive contribution, alongside managing crises, substance-misuse risks and mental health relapses.
You will also take on caretaking and housing-management duties, conduct flat checks, maintain building security through health and safety checks, alarm and CCTV monitoring and regular patrols, and complete nightly cleaning tasks to ensure the environment remains safe, secure and well maintained.
You will bring experience of supporting people with mental health and complex needs, ideally including work with individuals affected by substance misuse.
You will understand Recovery approaches and co-production, and be able to design activities that reduce anxiety, build confidence and support self-defined recovery.
You will maintain high standards in challenging situations and draw on knowledge of legislation such as welfare reform, the Care Act and housing pathways.
You will engage clients in assessments and co-produce support plans, use MS Office and case-management systems effectively, understand basic building safety, communicate clearly in English, work flexibly out of hours and accurately handle petty cash.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Our services users come from all walks of life and so do we.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences, different people and communities bring to our organisation.
We are a disability confident employer Hestia is proud to be a disability confident employer, dedicated to the employment and career development of individuals with disabilities.
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for.
Safeguarding Statement Hestia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people who are potentially at risk, and we therefore expect all staff and volunteers to do the same.
We require all staff to undertake internal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment with Hestia.
We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure their application is considered.