Specialist Harm Reduction Worker

We Are With You; Leven, Kennoway; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

WithYou in Fife is seeking a Specialist Harm Reduction Worker for a permanent, full-time role. You will deliver harm reduction interventions, provide information and advice, and support clients at risk related to drugs and alcohol.

The role involves outreach work, one-to-one sessions, and multi-agency liaison to develop community harm minimisation and care coordination. You will manage an active caseload, ensuring respectful, dignified treatment for all clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in harm reduction or related recovery support.
• Ability to engage with diverse client groups.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide harm reduction interventions and one-to-one support.
• Conduct outreach harm reduction and liaise with partners.
• Manage an active caseload with care coordination.
• Deliver information and advice to reduce drug and alcohol harm.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Motivation

Job description

Join our team as a Specialist Harm Reduction Worker in Fife on a permanent basis.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people's lives?

Our team in Fife is looking for a Specialist Harm Reduction 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 Specialist Harm Reduction Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum. The salary for this role is on an incremental scale and will rise each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,900 per annum.

This is a full time, permanent position. This role will involve occasional evenings and weekend working.

Our Specialist Harm Reduction Workers play a vital role in supporting clients, providing information and advice in relation to reducing drug and alcohol related harm, including promoting safer drug use practices; working with individuals most at risk.

In this role you will provide harm reduction interventions, structured one to one work, outreach harm reduction and multi agency liaison with our partners. You will play a key role in the development of Harm Minimisation interventions in a community setting.

This is a frontline role at WithYou, where you will provide continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, key work responsibilities, and intervention delivery. You will manage an active caseload, connecting quickly with clients and ensuring they're always treated with respect and dignity.

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. WithYou is all about working with our clients to find the right path for them to get to where they want to be, and you will be joining an amazing team of people who go the extra mile to make that happen.

Working within one of our services is always busy, sometimes challenging, but always rewarding.