Drug & Alcohol - Recovery Support Worker - HMP Styal

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Kent; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health CIC is seeking a dedicated Drug and Alcohol Support Worker to join its team in a challenging prison environment. The role involves providing high-quality support through assessment, case management, and psychosocial interventions, working closely with individuals to facilitate their recovery and reintegration into the community.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

Welcome payment for some posts

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Access to Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes

Up to 33 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in drug and alcohol support services.
• Ability to work in a dynamic prison environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills for engaging with service users.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality support in assessment and case management.
• Work collaboratively within a team of Recovery Coordinators.
• Support service users in their recovery and successful reintegration.

Skills

Support and Motivation

Trauma-informed Care

Case Management

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a dedicated, enthusiastic, and resourceful Drug and Alcohol Support Worker to join our team. This role is based within a dynamic and challenging prison environment, working as part of Spectrum’s prison-based Drug & Alcohol recovery-focused treatment model. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high-quality support across key elements of the service, including assessment, case management, psychosocial interventions, release planning, and throughcare.

This Support Worker role offers the opportunity to work closely with a team of Recovery Coordinators within a busy prison-based Drug & Alcohol Service. The post holder will help deliver services that support individuals in their recovery, improve outcomes, and facilitate successful reintegration into the community. Under the guidance of the Drug & Alcohol Service Manager (Recovery), Senior Practitioners, and other managers, the Support Worker will work collaboratively within the wider team to maintain high standards of service delivery. The role involves working with partner agencies to provide meaningful interventions that motivate and support service users throughout their recovery journeys.

This position requires a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented approach, recognizing service users as active participants in their own health, wellbeing, and recovery. The Support Worker will also support adherence to HR processes as directed by management and organizational policies.

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team. Whether you are starting your healthcare career or are an experienced healthcare professional seeking a new challenge, we have a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company, our focus is on people – our patients, service users, staff, and partners.

We aim to deliver the best in health and wellbeing based on our values and to maintain high standards of patient care and service. As we grow, we remain committed to quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities.

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Cara Pendlebury

Job title: Service Manager

Email: [e-mail]