Recovery Worker - Rough Sleepers Team

Withyou; Wigan; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Birthday bonus day

Enhanced parental leave

Volunteer leave

Pension scheme

Blue Light Card

Flexible working

Refer a Friend £500

Job summary

WithYou is seeking a Recovery Worker in Wigan to join the Rough Sleepers Team. You will build therapeutic relationships, assess needs, plan recovery, and provide harm reduction and structured support to clients affected by substance use.

The role collaborates with housing, health and social care partners to ensure access to services, with a focus on compassionate, organized, and client-centered care. This is a full-time permanent position offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in health, social care or related settings.
• Proven track record of reliable customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, recovery planning, harm reduction and structured interventions.
• Offer ongoing support to help individuals reduce substance-related harm and improve wellbeing.
• Coordinate with housing, health, social care and partner agencies to ensure appropriate services are connected.

Skills

Compassionate

Communication skills

Organised

Teamwork

Job description

Join our team as a Recovery Worker in Wigan.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Wigan are looking for a Recovery Worker to join them in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

Our vibrant services in Wigan and Leigh provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or drug use. We have services in both Wigan and Leigh but much of our work is carried out in the local communities we serve. We are an integrated drug and alcohol service, delivering an asset based community approach to treatment. We specialise in harm reduction and needle syringe provision, psycho social interventions, opioid substitution treatment, referral to detox and community interventions. Check out what our Wigan and Leigh sites have to offer here .

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here .

The closing date for this role is 4th October 2026; however, please note that this role may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised.

As a Recovery Worker in our Rough Sleepers Team, you will play a key role in supporting people affected by substance use who are experiencing, or are at risk of, rough sleeping. You will build positive, therapeutic relationships with people who may face multiple and complex challenges, providing assessment, recovery planning, harm reduction, structured interventions and ongoing support to help individuals reduce substance-related harm and make positive changes in their lives.

Working as part of a dedicated team, you will work closely with housing, health, social care and other partner agencies to ensure people receive the right support and are connected with appropriate services. This is a rewarding role where your compassion, resilience and ability to engage people who may find it difficult to access support can make a meaningful difference to their health, wellbeing and recovery.

This is a full time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. As a Recovery Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per year.

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships. You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, or a clear motivation for wanting to work in the drug and alcohol sector. A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential.

You will be highly organised, have excellent communication skills, and be able to manage your time effectively. You will work collaboratively as part of a team to ensure a high-quality service is maintained.

Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do and has a positive and engaging approach to our clients and key stakeholders.

DE&I

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.

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• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your 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 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

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Recovery Worker - Rough Sleepers Team • Wigan, UK