We are recruiting for an Integrated Support Worker
Here at Forward Trust, Clouds House is one of Forward’s residential substance misuse treatment centres in East Knoyle, Wiltshire. Clouds House delivers a structured interpersonal and 12 Step treatment programme, designed to help those with substance and behavioural addiction maintain abstinence and develop long term sustainable recovery. Over the last 40 years Clouds House has helped over 12,000 clients work towards a life in recovery and helped to create a growing recovery culture through our alumni. Our ambition is to significantly increase recovery capital, whilst offering treatment to as many clients, irrespective of means, as possible.
We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with ‘Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all backgrounds including those in recovery from any addiction or who have experience of previous offending or homelessness.
Role Responsibilities
The Integrated Support Worker role is for 35 hours per week fulltime and will work with several of the Clouds House Treatment Teams (comprising of the Therapeutic and Clinical Teams). The role is location based (no remote working is available) and requires day, night and some weekend working. The role will also involve providing one-to-one support and structed low-level psychoeducational sessions (within a group environment), and assistance to the Clouds House Treatment Team in the effective delivery of all required treatment sessions. The role requires good administration skills and the ability to work across multiple computer systems and applications.
Attention to security, health and safety, and risk will also be key aspects of the role.
The Ideal Candidate
Please see a list of skills and experience needed for this role ;
- Good observational and reporting skills.
- Ability to work alone using own initiative.
- Good listening skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients and other professionals.
- Good IT skills including the ability to work across multiple platforms and applications.
- Ability to hold strong professional boundaries, conflict resolution and work with challenging behaviour.
- Open to giving and receive constructive feedback.
- Ability to work harmoniously with a wide variety of staff members and clients.
- Practicing good self-care and know when/how to access supportive measures provided by the organisation.