Recovery Worker - Roads to Recovery

Turning Point; Witney; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Turning Point seeks a passionate Recovery Worker in Witney to create supportive packages for individuals with substance use challenges. Join a multidisciplinary team enhancing lives and potentially progress your career in the recovery sector with substantial benefits and opportunities.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday + Bank Holidays

Option to buy additional holidays

Qualifications

• Experience managing a significant caseload in a busy environment.
• Understanding of substance use and recovery agenda.
• High motivation and ambition.

Responsibilities

• Develop personal support packages for individuals with substance use issues.
• Build relationships with service users and other agencies.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to improve service user well-being.

Skills

Excellent communication

Flexibility

Relationship building

Education

Experience in substance use sector

Job description

Recovery Worker - Roads to Recovery, Witney

Client:

Turning Point

Location:

Witney, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

9a958ec203c1

Job Views:

40

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

Job Description:

Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people across the country with substance use. As a Recovery Worker, you'll make a real difference to their lives as you develop the personal, flexible and realistic support packages they need to help turn things around. Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the opportunity and support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role your own as part of a friendly and multidisciplinary team.

As a Recovery Worker we offer a salary of £26,121 to £30,557 per year (Dependent on experience).

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

Whether you are looking to progress into a management and leadership role or to be a specialist in your field as an Advanced Substance Use Practitioner at Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.

Role Responsibility

Our Oxfordshire Roads toRecovery Service is an integrated community drug and alcohol service that offers support to individuals across the county. Our Recovery Hubs are based in Oxford, Banbury, Witney and Didcot, we also deliver services within Shared Care GP Practices across the County. You will work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team working with Doctors, Nurses, Clinical Psychologist, Support Workers, Counsellors and Peer Mentors working to improve the well-being of a wide range of service users.

We're looking for Recovery Workers who are natural at building relationships whether that's with service users, social services, clinical services, mental health teams, probation professionals or recovery support. Your strong links with colleagues and other agencies will ensure we're providing tailored, seamless support. Your goal is to access hard to reach groups and support people at risk of dropping out of treatment to stay engaged and progress into recovery.

The Ideal Candidate

We are seeking a number of Recovery Workers that will join an established team and you will be based in one of our Oxfordshire Recovery Hubs. You may have experience of the substance use sector or may have transferable skills and be looking for a change. Having handled a significant caseload in a busy environment, you'll have an understanding of substance use and the recovery agenda. Naturally, we look for our Recovery Workers to have excellent communication skills and an ability to be flexible and take on an extremely varied role.

We want to invest in you,train you and support you to secure a future with a sector leader. So, you'll need to be highly motivated with big ambitions and even bigger potential.

About us

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees https://jobs.turning-point.co.uk/benefits.html?utm_source=jobad&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom