Overview

Recovery Worker – Dover – Dover

Permanent

£26,000

About the Role

Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive changes in their lives? Do you have experience working within substance misuse services and a genuine commitment to helping individuals achieve their recovery goals?

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join our team, delivering person-centred support to adults aged 18 and over who are experiencing challenges relating to drug and/or alcohol use.

Working as part of an integrated healthcare framework, you will provide a range of psychosocial interventions, supporting individuals through their recovery journey. You will take a flexible, person-centred approach, delivering both harm reduction and abstinence-based interventions depending on each individual’s needs, circumstances and aspirations.

You will manage your own caseload, undertaking comprehensive assessments, identifying individual needs and risks, and developing personalised SMART care plans. You will deliver structured one-to-one interventions and facilitate group-work sessions, including structured treatment programmes, using motivational interviewing techniques to encourage positive behaviour change and empower individuals to take control of their recovery.

Building effective relationships with partner agencies will be an important part of your role. You will work collaboratively with housing, employment, healthcare, probation and other community services to ensure individuals receive holistic support and have access to the opportunities and services they need to make sustainable changes.

You will also contribute to achieving service targets and positive outcomes, ensuring accurate records are maintained and that support is delivered in line with service requirements and local commissioning expectations.

Flexibility is essential, as the role may involve some evening and weekend working. You may also be required, with reasonable notice, to travel to other projects within your service cluster to support continuity of care.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference, helping people overcome challenges, build resilience and work towards healthier, more fulfilling futures.

About You

You will be a compassionate, motivated and resilient individual with experience working within substance misuse services and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by people affected by drug and alcohol use.

You will have experience undertaking comprehensive assessments, managing risk and developing SMART care plans that reflect individual needs and recovery goals. Confident in delivering structured one-to-one interventions and facilitating group sessions, you will be able to use motivational interviewing techniques to engage, encourage and empower individuals to make positive changes.

You will understand the importance of a holistic approach to recovery, recognising that individuals may need support with a range of issues, including housing, physical and mental health, employment and wider social needs. You will be confident building positive working relationships with partner agencies and understand the importance of effective partnership working and continuity of care.

With strong communication, organisational and IT skills, you will be able to manage a varied caseload, maintain accurate records and work effectively both independently and as part of a wider team.

Above all, you will be non-judgemental, approachable and committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, treating everyone with dignity and respect and recognising that every individual’s recovery journey is unique.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Experience working within substance misuse services.
  • Experience undertaking comprehensive assessments, developing risk management plans and designing and implementing SMART care plans.
  • Experience delivering structured interventions to service users.
  • Experience facilitating group-work sessions.
  • Ability to use motivational interviewing techniques effectively in both one-to-one and group settings.
  • Strong IT skills and the ability to maintain accurate and timely records.
  • Understanding of continuity of care, holistic support needs and the range of community services available.
  • Experience promoting and supporting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Essential Knowledge

  • An understanding of the issues and challenges faced by people experiencing drug and alcohol misuse.
  • Knowledge of the Recovery Agenda and different approaches to supporting recovery.
  • An understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and procedures.

Essential Qualifications

  • Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.

If you are passionate about supporting people to overcome the challenges associated with substance misuse and want to make a meaningful difference to individuals and their communities, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits – 

  • Flexible working
  •  Support for Families – We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks’ continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace. If you’d like more information about our family-friendly benefits, please contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment@forwardtrust.org.uk 
  • Training and development opportunities
    • Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
    • Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Crisis Loan Scheme
    • Electric Car Scheme
    • 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata’d for part time employees)
    • Access to Blue Light Card
    • 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
    • Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
    • Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
    • Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
    Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
    Please note that remote roles may require occasional travel for site visits, training and meetings.
     
    Diversity at Forward Trust
    The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. Some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around 3 years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances.

    When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

    To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  

    We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
     
    Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
    Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

    If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

    Our Commitment to Safeguarding
    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.

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