Recovery Worker - ROAR

Turning Point UK; Oldham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Turning Point UK offers a rewarding opportunity as a Recovery Worker, supporting individuals in their recovery journey in Oldham & Rochdale. This role involves direct client engagement, effective communication, and utilizing personal skills to assist service users. With a focus on flexibility and a supportive working environment, candidates are encouraged to grow through professional development and training.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

Options to buy additional holidays

Qualifications

• Understanding substance and alcohol use challenges.
• Experience in health and social care preferred.
• Transferable skills from mental health or housing backgrounds valued.

Responsibilities

• Act as 'key worker' for a caseload of service users.
• Support clients in setting goals and developing treatment plans.
• Conduct assessments, manage risks, and liaise with clinical staff.

Skills

Excellent communication

Flexibility

Knowledge of relapse and recovery barriers

Creativity and initiative

Education

Relevant health and social care experience

Job description

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Oldham & Rochdale by 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 a flexible outreach response 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 a rapid, tailored response to support recovery and rehabilitation.

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

Role Responsibilities

Recovery workers act as ‘key workers’ for a caseload of service users, supporting them to set goals around treatment and develop plans to achieve these. The role includes maintaining regular contact with clients, offering advice, information, psycho-social interventions, conducting assessments, risk management planning, and working closely with clinical staff regarding prescribing needs and partner agencies. Effective communication with a range of service users and colleagues, task management, and a commitment to Turning Point values are essential. You may have lived experience of substance use, mental health, or homelessness (self or a significant other), experience supporting people in health and social care, or a keen interest in supporting this group; if your values align, we have a role for everyone.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will understand substance and alcohol use challenges and opportunities for individuals on a recovery journey. Transferable skills from backgrounds such as mental health, housing, or other health and social care fields are also valued. Flexibility, the ability to work dynamically on both one-to-one and group basis, and knowledge of relapse and recovery barriers are vital, but we can help develop these skills. Excellent communication skills and shared organizational values are also important. We value individuals with lived experience and those interested in this line of work; our Trainee Recovery Worker program enables individuals without all relevant experience to gain an entry-level position within the organization before progressing to other roles.

We encourage creativity and initiative, and you will be involved in identifying opportunities to improve service quality and user experience. Extensive training and a supportive learning culture will help you develop your skills and stay updated with the latest developments in your field.

About us

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

• 25 days’ paid holiday per year plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Options to buy additional holidays are available.
• Discover all our benefits by following this link: Turning Point Benefits.

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

Salary starts at £25,116, with annual pay progression up to £29,383.