Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner

Recovery Focus; Otley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health charity is seeking an Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner to support individuals with multiple needs, facilitating their engagement with essential services. The role involves assessing clients, managing caseloads, and conducting outreach to ensure effective care. Candidates should hold a driving licence and demonstrate a commitment to helping others. This permanent position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including 27 days’ annual leave, a pension scheme, and ongoing professional support.

Benefits

27 days’ annual leave

Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution

Life assurance (3× annual salary)

Enhanced sick pay

Birthday leave

Bonus of £500

Qualifications

• Passion for making a difference and fair chances for all.
• Knowledge of brief interventions and psychosocial interventions.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Assess and engage individuals with multiple needs.
• Manage a service user caseload and review ongoing care.
• Conduct home visits and support clients to appointments.
• Provide advice and guidance to multi-disciplinary team members.

Skills

Communication skills

Therapeutic skills

Knowledge of Motivational Interviewing

Understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Ability to engage with multiple needs

Job description

Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner - Forward Leeds

Location: 74 Kirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ

Working Hours: 37 hours, Monday-Friday

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £25,110 - £32,090 per annum

Make a real difference in your community

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier and more independent lives?

Join Waythrough, one of the UK’s leading mental health and social support charities, and make a lasting impact every day.

We support over 125,000 people each year through our 200 services, empowering individuals to overcome challenges around mental health, housing, and substance use.

About the Role

As an Enhanced Care team Recovery Coordinator, you will be employed by Waythrough to support higher need service users who are unable to progress their timeframe due to their multiple-needs. Multiple needs include but not limited to; chronic physical health, comorbidities, financial issues, memory / cognitive impairment, age, housing, limited social support and other multi-agency support needs.

What You’ll Do

• Assess and engage with those individuals identified to have multiple needs who require a more flexible way of working including outreach support to reduce identified barriers to engagement with mainstream support in a service setting due to their identified additional needs.
• Manage a service user caseload and review ongoing care and treatment liaising closely with the full range of specialist workers within the multi‑agency team, including family members and significant others, as appropriate.
• Conduct home visits, support clients to appointments with various services and meet individuals in the community.
• Exercise excellent communication skills and therapeutic skills when dealing with Service Users, Carers, and Caring agencies.
• Work closely and in partnership with the multi‑disciplinary team from across the Forward Leeds partnership and externally providing advice and guidance to managers and other colleagues.

To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need

• You will have a passion for making a difference and fair chances for all should be at the core of everything you do.
• You will have knowledge and understanding of interventions, including brief interventions Motivational Interviewing, Psychosocial Interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Harm reduction and multi‑disciplinary working.
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle.

About Waythrough

Formed in 2024 through the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship, Waythrough is now one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.

What We Offer

• 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
• Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
• Life assurance (3× annual salary)
• Enhanced sick pay and family‑friendly pay
• Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave
• Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
• 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
• Recognition and long service awards via our portals
• £500 bonus
• Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
• Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good
• Free will writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year

Inclusion and Accessibility

Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.

If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team.

How to Apply

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Closing Date: 2026-01-07