Recovery Worker

JR United Kingdom; Oldham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated Recovery Workers to join their expanding team in Oldham & Rochdale. This role involves supporting individuals facing substance use challenges, providing essential psycho-social interventions, and collaborating with clinical staff. With a strong focus on career development, the organization offers structured learning pathways and encourages creativity and initiative. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the desire to help others achieve their recovery goals, this is a rewarding opportunity to grow within a supportive environment.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday

Bank Holidays

Additional holidays can be purchased

Extensive training and support

Qualifications

• Candidates with lived experience of substance use or mental health are encouraged to apply.
• Transferable skills from mental health, housing, or social care backgrounds are valued.

Responsibilities

• Support a caseload of service users to set treatment goals and develop plans.
• Maintain regular contact and offer advice and psycho-social interventions.

Skills

Effective Communication

Task Management

Psycho-social Interventions

Risk Management

Flexibility

Education

Experience in Health and Social Care

Understanding of Substance Use Challenges

Job description

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Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Oldham & Rochdale doing a highly rewarding job? Turning Point’s drug & alcohol services are currently expanding during an exciting time in the sector with new funding and investment. We have a range of roles for people passionate about supporting others to make change.

We have roles in different teams including:

• Community-based treatment services: providing assessment, coordinating treatment, and working in partnership to support individuals. The roles include delivering structured psycho-social interventions in group and one-to-one settings to enable our service users to acquire thinking skills and behaviors to make lasting change.
• Homeless outreach provision: targeting homeless individuals, offering flexible outreach responses to highly vulnerable individuals sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation.
• Criminal Justice rehabilitation/recovery services: working closely with Probation Services, Prisons, and Police to provide rapid, tailored responses supporting recovery and rehabilitation.

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined pathways to help you achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Whether you aim to progress into management and leadership or become a specialist as an Advanced Substance Use Practitioner, Turning Point will support and encourage your career development.

Role Responsibility

Recovery workers act as ‘key workers’ supporting a caseload of service users to set treatment goals and develop plans to achieve them. Responsibilities include maintaining regular contact, offering advice, psycho-social interventions, assessments, risk management, and working closely with clinical staff and partner agencies. Effective communication, task management, and commitment to Turning Point values are essential. Candidates with lived experience of substance use, mental health, or homelessness, or those with experience in health and social care, are encouraged to apply; if your values align, there is a role for everyone.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will understand substance and alcohol use challenges and opportunities for recovery. Transferable skills from mental health, housing, or social care backgrounds are also valued. Flexibility, ability to work dynamically with individuals and groups, and knowledge of relapse and barriers to recovery are vital. Excellent communication skills and shared organizational values are important. Our Trainee Recovery Worker program offers entry-level opportunities for those without extensive experience, supporting career progression within the organization.

We value creativity and initiative, and all roles involve identifying opportunities to improve service quality and user experience. Extensive training and a supportive learning culture will help you stay updated and contribute to service improvements.

About us

We recognize that rewards differ for everyone. Our total reward package includes:

• 25 days’ paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days with service. Additional holidays can be purchased.
• Explore all benefits via our Turning Point Benefits link.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if the position is filled.

Turning Point

Attached documents

• SM - Recovery Worker.pdf