Recovery Worker - Highland Digital Support

We Are With You; Scotland; Remote; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A national charity seeks a Recovery Worker to provide digital support for individuals concerned about alcohol and drug use. This full-time, permanent position requires SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and calls for strong relationship-building skills to motivate clients. The role includes evening and weekend work and offers a salary of £25,000 per annum, with benefits like flexible working and 28 days of annual leave.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Extra day off for your birthday

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card for savings

Refer a Friend scheme with £500 bonus

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a health or social care setting.
• Knowledge of community service delivery.
• Experience in delivering evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred, trauma-informed support to clients.
• Use digital tools for client interactions.
• Collaborate with partners and communities for accessibility.

Skills

Relationship building

Understanding of flexible support

Experience with digital platforms

Education

SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health Care

Job description

Community Development & Social Enterprise

Disability

Equality & Law

Health

Housing & Homelessness

Learning

Local

Local Infrastructure Organisation

Older People

Other

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Join us as a Recovery Worker in the ScottishHighlands.

Are you someone who easily builds trust, listens without judgment, and wants to help people make lasting changes intheir lives? We’re looking for a Recovery Worker to join our brand-new Alcohol and Drug Service covering NHSHighland, an innovative service that aims to make support easier to access, wherever people are.

Our Highland service will provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or druguse. This is a digital service and an exciting new model of service delivery. All client interventions will bedelivered digitally. This includes a combination of web-based and phone support, ensuring those without reliableinternet access can still receive help. Our range of options includes one-to-one, and virtual support groupsdelivered using digital tools. The service is for people living within NHS Highland, so knowledge andunderstanding of this area is preferred and being based in this region is desirable.

The closing date for applications is 3rd August 2025. This advert may close early should sufficient applications bereceived.

Job Description

As a Recovery Worker, you’ll be delivering person-centred, trauma-informed support to individuals concerned abouttheir own or someone else’s alcohol or drug use. You’ll use a mix of phone and digital tools to connect withclients through one-to-one sessions and virtual group work, all from the comfort of your own (or their) safespace.

This role is a great fit if you:

• Are skilled at building relationships and motivatingpeople in recovery
• Understand the power ofaccessible, flexible support
• Arecomfortable using digital platforms to deliver meaningful interventions
• Ideally, know the NHS Highland area and the unique challenges local peopleface

This is an exciting chance to join a small, dedicated team piloting a new model of digital care for rural and remotecommunities. If you’re empathetic and proactive and want to be part of something new, we’d love to hear fromyou.

We’re With You, a national charity supporting more than 100,000 people each year with drug, alcohol and mental healthchallenges across Scotland and England. Learn more about us at wearewithyou.org.uk .

You will strive to work collaboratively with partners and communities, ensuringthat we are as accessible as possible and that the principles of a Recovery Oriented System of Care and trueperson centred practice are at the heart of all that we do. An SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health careand registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is essential for this post.

This is a full time, permanent position with a salary of £25,000 per annum.This post will be based remotely with occasional travel for meetings. This role involves evening and weekendwork in addition to office hours.

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plusbank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternityand adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pensionscheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and onlinebrands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you withyour wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations,any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonuspayment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable ifyour recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

We are looking for positive and motivated candidates who are able to communicate with a wide range of people. Youwill also be organised with excellent time management skills.

To be successful in this role you will:

• have attained SVQ level 3in Social Services & Healthcare or equivalent
• already be registered with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)or meet the registration requirements
• have some experience of working in a health, social care, or relatedsetting
• have some experience of delivering services in a community setting
• have knowledge and understandingof delivering evidence-based interventions
• have the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with clients andcolleagues alike
• be resilient under pressure and able to prioritise your work
• able to be flexible with yourworking hours on occasion and be happy to support other With You locations when needed

Ideally you will also have previous experience of working or volunteering with people who misuse substances. Wewelcome applications from those with lived experience.

You will also need to meet our safeguarding requirements of a satisfactory enhanced PVG check.

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