Recovery Worker - Wandsworth (Borough Based Ref:0038ZD)

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Recovery Worker in Wandsworth, providing essential support to individuals facing challenges with drugs, alcohol, and mental health. This full-time, permanent role offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits, including generous leave and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Extra day off for birthday or special occasion

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into pension scheme

Access to Blue Light Card for discounts

Flexible working opportunities

Refer a Friend scheme with £500 bonus

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in health, social care, or criminal justice settings.
• Motivation to work in the drug and alcohol sector.

Responsibilities

• Engage and assess service users in a hospital setting.
• Create treatment plans and guide clients on their recovery path.

Skills

Compassion

Motivational Interviewing

Relationship Building

Education

Experience in health or social care

Job description

Job summary

In this role, you will work across the borough to engage and assess service users in a hospital setting — providing harm reduction information, using motivational interview skills, and ensuring that service users are referred and signposted to appropriate services and supported to access drug and alcohol treatment.

Main duties of the job

Our Recovery Workers play a vital role in supporting clients to identify their goals, ambitions, and passions. You'll work with them to create the best treatment plan for their needs and to guide them on their path to recovery.

About us

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol, and mental health across England and Scotland. Our name reflects who we are — a positive place where people can progress, connect with others, and get friendly, expert help in a way that's right for them. Our staff team changes lives. If you're passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol, and mental health, we'd love to hear from you.

Details

• Date posted: 16 May 2025
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £27,821 to £35,762 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: oc-1747395591-EYDPV
• Job locations: Wandsworth, South West London, SW11 1SW

Job description

Join our team as Recovery Worker in Wandsworth.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people's lives? Our team in Wandsworth is 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.

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.

All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they should be considered for this role. The closing date for applications is the 1st June 2025. Please note: This role may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

This position is full-time and permanent, with a salary of £27,821.35 - £35,762.50 per annum (including an Inner London Weighting of £4,000).

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 full job description and person specification are available on request.

We continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates diverse voices and experiences. We welcome applications from underrepresented communities, including people with lived experience, disabilities, racialized communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, people of all ages, and armed forces veterans.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for veterans and candidates with disabilities who meet the essential criteria, and we are a Disability Confident Employer. Reasonable adjustments can be made during the selection process for applicants with disabilities or medical conditions.

Benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into our pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card for discounts
• Flexible working opportunities and wellbeing resources
• Refer a Friend scheme with a £500 bonus for successful referrals