Recovery Worker: Substance Use & Outreach

Society of St James; Southampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Buying additional annual leave

Comprehensive induction and training

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Company cycle to work scheme

Discounted laptops and computers with

Electric Car Scheme

Blue Light Card

Employer pension contributions via SAL

25 days annual leave rising to 30

Job summary

Society of St James in Southampton, Hampshire, is seeking an Extended Brief Interventions Recovery Worker to join our Alcohol & Drug Service and outreach teams. This full-time, 37 hours per week role involves delivering evidence-based interventions, managing a dynamic caseload, and supporting service users along clinical pathways.

You will work in a trauma-informed, compassionate manner with individuals facing complex needs, with flexible evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience or strong understanding of working with individuals affected by substance use and complex needs.
• Knowledge of harm reduction principles, overdose prevention, and treatment options (including brief interventions and OST).
• A trauma-informed and compassionate approach to supporting individuals experiencing multiple disadvantages.
• Proven experience in caseload management, strength-based risk assessments, and multi-agency working.
• Ability to work assertively in outreach environments and engage hard-to-reach or marginalized groups.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and team-working skills with the ability to build key partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, person-centred support to individuals experiencing substance use and/or complex needs, enabling them to reduce harm and improve wellbeing.
• Deliver evidence-based extended brief interventions within Alcohol & Drug Service and outreach settings.
• Manage a dynamic caseload and support clients through clinical treatment pathways (including OST, detox, rehab).
• Undertake assertive community/hostel outreach to reach vulnerable individuals.

Skills

Substance use experience

Harm reduction

Trauma-informed

Caseload management

Outreach

Communication

IT literacy

Emergency response

Tools

NDTMS

Job description

Society of St James in Southampton, Hampshire, is seeking an Extended Brief Interventions Recovery Worker to join our Alcohol & Drug Service and outreach teams. This full-time, 37 hours per week role involves delivering evidence-based interventions, managing a dynamic caseload, and supporting service users along clinical pathways.

You will work in a trauma-informed, compassionate manner with individuals facing complex needs, with flexible evenings and weekends.