Recovery Worker
Community Day Rehab, Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Monday to Friday 37 hours per week.
May include occasional weekend and evening work
Salary Scale: 19 – 23 (£21,206 – £24,060)
The Role
We run a rehab service based in Portsmouth. The program is designed for clients who wish to address their drug/alcohol use, whilst remaining in their local community. We base our support approach around the ACT model and offer a variety of trauma-informed interventions. These include; ACT groups, Mindfulness & Self Compassion based practices and one-to-one sessions, as well as Arts and Crafts, Education, Acupuncture, Fitness Activities, and Upcycling.
The working hours for this role are Monday to Friday and may include evenings and occasional weekends.
Responsibilities will include; being part of a team that is developing an innovative person-centred recovery service. Group facilitation, providing one-to-one sessions and offering emotional support to clients both online via zoom and in person. Attending and arranging multi-agency meetings. Working closely with internal services and external agencies. Helping run a busy open plan service including; answering phones. Keeping daily records of client’s welfare within the team and a database system. You will also be required to take clients to appointments or support them to arrange appointments and organise off-site activities.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential experience and knowledge required
The candidate will have;
Staff Benefits
We value and recognise our staff, offering some generous benefits, as well as the satisfaction of helping vulnerable people:
Application closing date: 9th June 2022
Interview date: 15th June 2022
Successful candidates will be contacted no later than 13th June 2022 and invited to interview. Please ensure you keep the interview date available should you be invited.
If you have any questions about this role please contact Team Leader, Anni Bury at Community Day Rehab on 023 9286 1423.
Due to the high number of expected applicants, we do reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier.
Should you not hear from us within 4 days of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Operational Security Worker
37 hours per week
Permanent contract
Salary Scale 18-22 (£20,442 - £23,372)
NOTE - This is not a normal security post.
We are looking at expanding our existing operation and are looking for two staff members to join our experienced team, we are Southampton based and visit The Societies many homeless projects throughout Hampshire. Our responsibilities and tasks are varied covering CCTV monitoring, Health & Safety issues, resident safety, dealing with anti-social behaviour as well as dealing with the emergency services.
We work on a rota consisting of night shifts as well as two day shifts during the 10 week rota.
The successful candidates should:
The following would be of benefit but not necessary.
For an informal chat about this post, please contact Ron Radloff on 078 540 09344
Interview date: Monday 6th June 2022
Should you not hear from us within 7 days of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Family Worker
Family Support Project
Recovery Hub
Full Time 37 hours per week, Permanent
Salary Scale: 19 - 23 (£21,206 - £24,060 per annum)
The Family Support Project works with families to reduce the impact of alcohol and substance misuse on children of substance dependent parents. SSJ is looking to recruit a Family Worker to deliver this work, and a comprehensive induction and training package will be offered to successful candidates.
The role of the Family Worker is to provide a mixture of individual and group interventions with parents, carers, children and young people up to the thresholds for social care involvement to improve outcomes for children and families affected by alcohol and substance dependence.
The successful candidate will take on a manageable caseload of families with children under the age of 18, providing timely support and interventions to support behaviour change, and reduce the risks to, and impact on children.
The Family Worker will work in partnership with parents/carers to strengthen parental capacity and family relationships and reduce parental conflict.
You will join a small team of Family Workers dedicated to improving the lives of children and families affected by substance misuse.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working with families and/or substance misuse, and will have an understanding of child development and the impact of parental substance misuse on children and the wider family.
You will have some experience of multi-agency work, including with schools and other universal services.
It is essential that you have a good understanding of child safeguarding protocols in Portsmouth and are able to identify when children may meet the threshold for tier 3 and 4 children’s services.
The successful candidate will have the ability to embrace flexibility, whilst also demonstrating autonomy in their work planning.
Interviews: Interviews will be held on Tuesday 7th June 2022
Should you not hear from us within 7 days of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion
Café Assistant
Café in the Park – Victoria Park Portsmouth
Seasonal Staff Required for Part Time Vacancies
£9.90 per hour
Location: Portsmouth
The Café in The Park is looking for highly motivated people to join our amazing team, undertaking duties including food preparation, basic cooking and serving of food and drinks to the public in a positive and welcoming manner.
Run by the Society of St James, Cafe in the Park is so much more than just great food in a beautiful setting. Our dedicated team provides employment and training opportunities for people who have experienced homelessness and substance misuse.
You don’t have to have experienced homelessness and substance misuse to work at our Café but you must have an understanding of these issues and an ability to work with a range of Staff and Volunteers who have. You will need to be over 18 to apply.
Senior Recovery Worker
Community Day Rehab
37 hours per week, Permanent
Monday to Friday may include occasional weekend and evening work.
Salary Scale: 24-28 (£24,845 - £28,241 per annum)
We run a rehab service based in Portsmouth. The program is designed for clients who wish to address their drug/alcohol use, whilst remaining in their local community. We base our support approach around the ACT model and offer a variety of trauma-informed interventions. These include; ACT groups, Mindfulness & Self Compassion based practices and one to one sessions, as well as Arts and Crafts, Education, Yoga & Cookery.
Responsibilities will include:
The ideal candidate will have;
Interview date: Interviews will be held in person at the Community Day Rehab on 26th May 2022