Recovery Worker - Substance Misuse (Ref:0031ZD)

WithYou; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking charity dedicated to transforming lives through recovery support. As a Recovery Worker, you will provide compassionate care to individuals facing substance misuse challenges. This dynamic role involves conducting assessments, developing tailored treatment plans, and delivering vital interventions. With a commitment to empowering clients, you'll play a key role in their recovery journey, working collaboratively within a supportive team. Enjoy a fulfilling career with generous benefits, including flexible working and additional leave for special occasions. If you're passionate about making a difference, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Extra day off for birthday

Enhanced parental leave

Paid volunteer leave

Pension scheme enrollment

Discounts with Blue Light Card

Flexible working opportunities

Wellbeing resources

Refer a Friend scheme with £500 bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in health, social care, or criminal justice.
• Knowledge of assessment and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and manage a caseload.
• Support clients in achieving personalized goals.

Skills

Compassionate communication

Experience in health/social care

Time management

Knowledge of care planning

Motivational interviewing

Job description

About The Role

The closing date for applications is 13th May 2025. This advert may close early should sufficient applications be received.

Our team in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are recruiting for a Recovery Worker, to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse service user group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative individual passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you. We are a dynamic, supportive, and caring service for people in the BCP area. We provide a wide range of services aimed at reducing harm and building recovery, with a focus on empowering people to be the best they can be.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here.

Job Opportunity

We Are With You's Bournemouth SPOC (Single Point of Contact) Service provides free and confidential support to individuals needing assistance with alcohol and substance use. The SPOC Team supports service users at the beginning of their treatment journey within the BCP treatment system. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, managing a caseload, care planning, risk management, and supporting clients to achieve their personalized goals. We deliver harm minimization interventions within our needle exchange and psychosocial interventions through workshops, including preparation and aftercare planning to facilitate referrals towards detoxification programs and residential rehabilitation.

Our Recovery Workers collaborate with service users to help them identify their goals, ambitions, and passions. They work with clients to develop tailored treatment plans and guide them on their recovery journey. This frontline role involves delivering continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, intervention delivery, and key work responsibilities. Recovery Workers manage active caseloads, connect quickly with clients, and treat them with respect and dignity. They play a vital role in supporting clients to realize their goals and passions, creating personalized treatment plans to support their recovery.

The position involves 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional evening and weekend work as required. The salary ranges from £23,821 to £25,000 per annum.

Essential Skills

• Compassionate and motivated with an ability to build meaningful relationships
• Experience in health, social care, criminal justice, or related settings, especially with substance misuse issues
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills and effective time management
• Knowledge of group work, assessment, care planning, key working, issues affecting substance misusers, rehabilitation, and solution-focused brief therapy and/or motivational interviewing

Above all, we seek someone passionate about our mission, with a positive and engaging approach to service users and stakeholders.

Please note that a driving license and access to a vehicle are essential for this role. A full job description and person specification are available upon request by emailing [e-mail].

About the Company

WithYou provides free, confidential support to over 100,000 people annually across England and Scotland, addressing issues related to drugs, alcohol, and mental health. Our name reflects our mission—a positive space for progress, connection, and support. Our staff change lives, and we are eager to welcome passionate individuals dedicated to helping others.

DE&I Commitment

We are committed to building an inclusive culture that values diverse voices and experiences. We encourage applications from underrepresented communities, including those with lived experience, disabilities, from racialized communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, all ages, and armed forces veterans. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for veterans and candidates with disabilities who meet the essential criteria.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Two days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into our pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card for discounts
• Flexible working opportunities and wellbeing resources
• Refer a Friend scheme offering a £500 bonus for successful referrals after six months