Substance Misuse Recovery Worker | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield (CT); On-site; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join a multidisciplinary drug team. You will provide information, assessment, and recovery services to service users in opioid substitution and related pathways.

You will work across treatment pathways, handle duty cover, 1:1 care, group sessions, and liaise with pharmacies and GPs under supervision. A commitment to safeguarding and collaborative care is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in drug misuse or addiction services.
• Ability to manage complex caseloads and develop care plans.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide information, advice, assessment, caseload management, recovery and harm reduction services to drug users.
• Work across treatment pathways including duty cover, substitute prescribing, 1:1 keywork, group facilitation, and GPSC.
• Manage caseload with complex needs, conduct comprehensive assessments, risk management and co-produced care plans.
• Adhere to safeguarding protocols and complete tools, referrals and reports.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to ensure coordinated treatment and care planning.

Skills

Caseload management

Assessment & risk management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Substance Misuse Recovery Worker | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Salary: £36,943 - £44,900 Per annum including Outer London Allowance

To work as a member of a multidisciplinary disciplinary specialist drug team, providing information, advice, assessment, caseload management, recovery and harm reduction services to drug users. To work across the treatment pathways to provide a range of interventions including duty cover, substitute prescribing, 1:1 keywork sessions, facilitation of groups, community care and GPSC.

• To work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team actively participating in team meetings, group supervision and clinical team meeting
• To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, completing comprehensive assessments, risk management and treatment plans, as well as co-produced care plans with service users.
• To work with service users who are in Opioid Substitute treatment substitute and non opiate . This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
• To adhere to local safeguarding protocols to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. including the completion of safeguarding assessment tools, referrals to social services and producing reports
• To work effectively with partner agencies and other professional to ensure a joined up approach to treatment and care planning

Our values

The Trust’s values are:

• Working together

NHS VALUES

It is recommended that where possible the NHSvalues below are reflected in job descriptions. Please go to the NHSconfederation website for further informationwww.nhsconfed.org

RESPECT AND DIGNITY

We value each person as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limits. We take what others have to say seriously. We are honest about our point of view and what we can and cannot do.

COMMITMENT TO QUALITY OF CARE

We earn the trust that is placed in us by insisting on quality and striving to get the basics right every time – safety, confidentiality, professional and managerial integrity, accountability, dependable service and good communication. We welcome feedback, learn from our mistakes and build on our success.

COMPASSION

We find the time to listen and talk when it is needed, make the effort to understand and get on and do the small things that mean so much – not because we are asked to but because we care.

Improving lives

We strive to improve health and well-being and people’s experiences of the NHS. We value excellence and professionalism wherever we find it – in the everyday things that make people’s lives better as much as in clinical practice, service improvements and innovation.

• To work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team actively participating in team meetings, group supervision and clinical team meetings
• To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, completing comprehensive assessments, risk management and treatment plans, as well as co-produced care plans with service users.
• To work with service users who are in Opioid Substitute treatment substitute. This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
• To adhere to local safeguarding protocols to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. including the completion of safeguarding assessment tools, referrals to social services and producing reports
• To work effectively with partner agencies and other professional to ensure a joined up approach to treatment and care planning

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026