Recovery Outreach Specialist

Forward Trust; Sittingbourne; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly benefits

Training and development

Cycle to work scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Wellbeing days

Pension scheme

Death in Service

Job summary

The Forward Trust is seeking an Outreach Recovery Worker to support adults 18+ facing drug and/or alcohol issues. You will deliver person-centred psychosocial interventions, harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches while managing a varied caseload, completing assessments and SMART care plans.

JV collaboration with housing, healthcare and criminal justice partners is essential to ensure continuity of care and help individuals achieve sustainable recovery.

Qualifications

• Experience working within substance misuse services or related health and social care.
• Knowledge of opioid substitution treatment (OST) and harm reduction.
• Experience completing assessments, risk management plans and SMART care plans.
• Experience delivering structured one-to-one interventions and facilitating group sessions.
• Confident using motivational interviewing techniques.
• Good safeguarding knowledge and professional boundaries.
• Experience collaborating with partner agencies for integrated support.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse caseload and undertake comprehensive assessments.
• Develop SMART recovery care plans and risk assessments.
• Deliver structured psychosocial interventions, one-to-one and group sessions.
• Provide practical guidance and education on harm reduction and recovery.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to service outcomes and governance.

Skills

Experience in substance misuse

OST knowledge

Risk management plans

Structured psychosocial interventions

Motivational interviewing

Safeguarding

Partnership working

Equality and inclusion

Organisational and IT skills

Flexibility evenings/weekends/travel

Job description

The Forward Trust is seeking an Outreach Recovery Worker to support adults 18+ facing drug and/or alcohol issues. You will deliver person-centred psychosocial interventions, harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches while managing a varied caseload, completing assessments and SMART care plans.

JV collaboration with housing, healthcare and criminal justice partners is essential to ensure continuity of care and help individuals achieve sustainable recovery.