Recovery Worker (Ref:0032ZB)

WithYou; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team as a Recovery Worker, where you'll play a vital role in supporting individuals facing challenges with drugs, alcohol, and mental health. This position offers the opportunity to create personalized treatment plans, ensuring clients receive the care they deserve. With a commitment to inclusivity and a supportive work environment, you'll be part of a leading charity that changes lives. Enjoy benefits like generous leave, flexible working, and a bonus for successful referrals. If you're passionate about making a difference, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Extra day off for your birthday

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Two days paid volunteer leave

Auto-enrollment into pension scheme

Access to Blue Light Card for discounts

Flexible working opportunities

Wellbeing resources

Refer a Friend scheme with £500 bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in health, social care, or criminal justice settings.
• Ability to build meaningful relationships with clients.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in identifying goals and treatment plans.
• Manage an active caseload and provide continuity of care.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Teamwork

Customer Service

Assessment and Care Planning

Job description

About The Role

All applicants need to submit a CV and a covering letter explaining why you should be considered for this role. Applications will not be accepted without a covering letter.

The closing date for this role is 25th May 2025; however, it may close early if sufficient applications are received, so early application is advised.

Join our team as a Recovery Worker in North Somerset

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in North Somerset is looking for a Recovery Worker to provide high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative, and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

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

About The Role

Our Recovery Workers play a vital role in supporting clients to identify their goals, ambitions, and passions. You’ll work with them to create the best treatment plan for their needs and guide them on their path to recovery.

This is a frontline role at WithYou, where you will provide continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, key work responsibilities, and intervention delivery. You will manage an active caseload, connecting quickly with clients and ensuring they’re always treated with respect and dignity.

Please note that this is a fixed-term role until July 2026. The postholder will work 30 hours per week and see clients at Weston General Hospital and the North Somerset Service. The annual salary is up to £27,000 pro rata (subject to experience).

Essential Skills

What we’re looking for

We’re seeking a compassionate and motivated individual with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships. You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice, or other specialist settings, or a clear motivation for working in the drug and alcohol sector. A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential.

You should be highly organized, have excellent communication skills, and be able to manage your time effectively. Collaboration and teamwork are vital to ensure high-quality service delivery. We value passion, a positive attitude, and an engaging approach to clients and stakeholders.

Experience and knowledge of group work, assessment, care planning, and key working are required, along with an understanding of issues affecting our client group.

A full job description and person specification are available upon request by emailing [e-mail].

About Company

WithYou provides free, confidential support to over 100,000 people annually facing challenges with drugs, alcohol, and mental health across England and Scotland.

Our name reflects our mission – a positive place for people to progress, connect, and receive friendly, expert help tailored to their needs.

Our staff change lives. If you’re passionate about supporting people with issues related to drugs, alcohol, and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.

DE&I

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, in line with the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Employer initiatives.

If you have a disability or medical condition that might affect your performance during the selection process, we are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 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’ probation