Recovery Worker

Nova Wakefield District Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

HealthHero – EAP & Virtual GP

Wellbeing and training budget

24/7 confidential staff helpline

Learning and personal development

Job summary

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. We are recruiting a Recovery Worker to deliver prescribed care components under supervision within the Community Rehabilitation Team, helping service users take control of their recovery.

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and value recovery, social inclusion and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Deliver components of prescribed care packages under the supervision of Care Coordinators and Clinical Leads within the Community Rehabilitation Team.
• Provide structured support and practical assistance to service users to enable engagement in their own recovery.

Job description

Fixed term for up to 3 years, with the possibility of extension.

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that they can only deliver excellence to the people they serve if the people recruited are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

They can announce a new position that has become available within the Community Rehabilitation Team. As a Recovery Worker you will deliver specific components of prescribed care packages under the direct supervision of Care Coordinators and Clinical Leads within the Community Rehabilitation Team. The post holders will provide structured support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to take control over their own lives and engage actively in their own recovery process.

Touchstone welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, and the service encourages the use of the wisdom gained through personal ‘lived’ experience - all candidates must have strong values around recovery, social inclusion and diversity.

The posts require you to work with service users of all ages (over 18) and to provide a flexible service over 7 days between the hours of 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm on weekends.

Informal enquiries to discuss this post can be made to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Information session via MS Teams: 12pm Thursday 8th October 2026. Please email [e-mail] for a link to join.

As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:

• Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff, 25% *LGBTQ+ staff, 16% *staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Flexible working opportunities
• Access to HealthHero - Employee Assistance Scheme and Virtual GP service for staff
• Personal wellbeing and training budget.
• Access to 24/7 confidential staff helpline.
• Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
• Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
• Learning and personal development opportunities

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

Registered charity no: 1143640 | Company no: 07183132

Registered office: Nova Wakefield District Limited, 11 Upper York Street, Wakefield WF1 3LQ