Location
Churchfield, West Ealing - Unfortunately there is no step free access available on this site.

Hours
37.5 hours per week on a rolling rota between Monday to Sunday from 08:00 - 20:30. You may be required to work outside these hours as per service requirements.

Salary
£27,000 per annum

About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Recovery Worker to join our team based in West Ealing. We support adults experiencing homelessness, isolation, mental health challenges, and addiction. Our service provides support and appropriate interventions to enable successful resettlements and deliver safer, integrated communities for our stakeholders. You will provide pathways, support, and interventions to enable successful resettlements and collaborate with internal and external partners and agencies to achieve desired outcomes.

We operate two multi-bed premises, Churchfield and Cherington, offering supported housing for individuals facing addiction and homelessness. Churchfield provides 24/7 temporary support for those in active addiction, while Cherington supports abstinent residents to reintegrate into the community.

Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of residents and participants at all times
- Engaging with residents to ensure adherence to their license conditions, including planning activities to connect them with others, communities, and opportunities
- Being a valued and reliable team member, completing handovers for night colleagues to ensure seamless service
- Building trusting professional relationships with residents to help them achieve their goals through tailored one-to-one sessions, group sessions, activities, and wellbeing check-ins
- Empowering residents to take control over their lives and meet their personal goals

Experience
Experience working with people from complex backgrounds and/or a good understanding of the sector, particularly around multiple and complex needs.

About you
You have a genuine passion and sense of purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference in their lives. You are a team player driven to provide high-quality care and support, an effective communicator able to build rapport with people from diverse backgrounds. You are compassionate, supportive, and empowering, able to form positive and motivational relationships.

You demonstrate empathy and compassion towards residents and understand the challenges they face. You are able to use, learn, and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs. You show flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service and residents. You can promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, liaising effectively with stakeholders.

You understand the needs of people with multiple and complex needs and are aware of the social marginalisation often attached to personal challenges. You align with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated; however, relevant experience and alignment with values are essential.