Recovery Navigator
Location: London
Salary: £27,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive changes in their lives and build a future free from the impact of substance misuse? Do you have the skills and experience to help people navigate their recovery journey, overcome barriers and achieve lasting change?
As a Recovery Navigator at Forward, you will play a vital role in supporting adult male prison leavers and people serving community sentences through their recovery journey.
Working as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team across a cluster of community delivery sites in London, you will provide tailored, person-centred support to people with substance use needs, often alongside mental health difficulties and other complex challenges.
You will build trusting relationships, helping individuals develop motivation, access appropriate treatment and support services, and work towards meaningful and sustainable change.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing a varied caseload and completing comprehensive assessments to identify individual needs, risks and support requirements.
- Working collaboratively with individuals to develop SMART action plans that reflect their recovery goals and aspirations.
- Delivering structured one-to-one support, group work and virtual interventions using motivational and trauma-informed approaches.
- Supporting people to access and engage with substance misuse treatment, healthcare and other relevant services.
- Providing practical assistance, guidance, advocacy and ongoing encouragement to help individuals overcome barriers to recovery.
Our approach is to complement, rather than duplicate, existing commissioned services. You will help individuals access and remain engaged with the support already available to them, providing continuity, motivation and practical assistance throughout their journey.
This is a predominantly Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm role, with some flexibility required to meet service needs and undertake occasional work outside the office. You may also be required to attend our Head Office for training.
Please note, for further information on the role please click apply to be redirected to our website for the full job description.
About you
You will be a compassionate, motivated and resilient individual who is passionate about helping people overcome challenges and make positive changes in their lives.
You will understand the complexities of substance misuse and the challenges faced by people involved in the criminal justice system. You will be confident building relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those who may have experienced trauma, social exclusion and multiple disadvantages.
You will bring:
- Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice sector.
- Strong experience within substance misuse services, recovery support or a related field.
- Experience managing a high caseload, undertaking comprehensive and risk assessments, developing SMART action plans and maintaining accurate case records.
- Experience delivering one-to-one and group interventions using motivational techniques and trauma-informed approaches.
- Experience working alongside treatment providers, healthcare professionals and other support services.
- The ability to establish and maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
- Strong partnership-working skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with probation staff and external agencies.
Above all, you will believe in people's ability to change, recognise the importance of building trust and be committed to supporting individuals to achieve positive and lasting outcomes.
If you are passionate about recovery, reducing reoffending and helping people rebuild their lives, we would love to hear from you.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
- Flexible working
- Support for Families
- Training and development opportunities
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Please note that remote roles may require occasional travel for site visits, training and meetings.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please proceed click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application
