We are recruiting for an Assertive Outreach Recovery Worker at HMP Highdown.

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The role will focus on proactively supporting individual’s to positively engage with the service through social prescribing of activities in order to; reduce their sense of isolation, build pro-social connections, alleviate boredom, support their substance misuse treatment needs and improve wellbeing.

You will be based on site working within a team of 20 that have a broad skills mix to deliver combined psychosocial and clinical interventions providing recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to service users aged 18 and over at: HMP Highdown a closed category adult male prison located in Banstead, Sutton.

On a day to day basis you will be carrying a case load, running groups and encouraging outreach on a prolific users dedicated wing.

This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. You will be supporting the Prison to help with a high number of service users who are using illicit substances prolifically in the prison.

The service operates 7 days a week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.