Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Recovery Navigator to work in North London on a full-time basis. Some degree of flexibility may be required if out of office work is required, but this is a predominately Monday - Friday, 09:00 am - 17:00 pm role. You may at times be required to attend our head office for training.
The salary for this permanent Recovery Navigator job is £25,154 per annum.
Duties:
- Working within a hybrid model as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team, working across a cluster of community delivery sites
- Carry a diverse caseload of adult male prison leavers and those on community orders within the Probation services, supporting to implement their action plan and navigate their recovery journey, building trust, and providing support/continuity and signposting
- Be responsible for completing comprehensive assessments, creating a collaborative action plan, delivering structured one to one, group work/virtual sessions, whilst maintaining accurate record keeping throughout
- Deliver services which enhance access to treatment as well as providing additional support and guidance meeting the needs of those people on probationwhose substance use disorders often co-occur alongside other mental illnesses and other complex needs
- Become subject matter experts (SME) in particular vulnerable groups (e.g. BAME) or needs (e.g. chemsex), providing support to colleagues across the team
- Be responsible for adhering to the targets set and the local commissioners
- Co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies and probation staff are vital to this role
Requirements of the Recovery Navigator:
- Be multi-skilled to provide a range of support/interventions across all complexity levels and be able to work across London, providing flexibility and resilience against changing demand
- Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice sector
- Excellent experience of substance misuse field and/or experience of working in a related field or similar field
- Demonstrable experience of managing high caseloads, carrying out risk/ comprehensive assessments, SMART action plans and effective case records
- Experience of delivering both 1:1 and group-work interventions using motivational techniques and trauma informed approaches
- Experience of working with treatment and/or healthcare services
- The ability to set and stick to professional boundaries
- Ability to work effectively with key partners in order to successfully deliver outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to organise workload , ensuring effective time management and prioritisation to meet targets
- Understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of equal opportunity and GDPR requirements including client confidentiality
- Experience of strong communication skills with people from a range of backgrounds in a sensitive, supportive and professional manner
- Level 3 substance misuse related qualification/working knowledge of substance misuse services or relevant experience in a comparable role
Contact:
This Recovery Navigator job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
