Job Description:

Recovery Worker

Location:  Medway    

Salary:  £26,000 - £28,000 DOE

Vacancy Type: Permanent

At Forward Trust, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a healthier, more positive future. We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our integrated healthcare team, supporting adults affected by drug and alcohol use.

This is a rewarding opportunity to work with individuals on their recovery journey, providing person-centred interventions that empower people to achieve lasting change.

About the Role

As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you'll manage your own caseload and deliver high-quality psychosocial interventions to adults experiencing substance misuse issues.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll complete assessments, develop SMART care plans and deliver structured one-to-one and group interventions, using both harm reduction and recovery-focused approaches tailored to individual needs.

You'll work closely with healthcare professionals and partner agencies to ensure clients receive holistic support that addresses wider issues including housing, employment, benefits and family relationships.

Flexibility is essential within this role. This may include occasional evening or weekend working and, with reasonable notice, travelling to other services within your cluster to support service delivery and ensure continuity of care.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing a caseload of clients throughout their treatment journey.
• Completing comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and care planning.
• Delivering structured one-to-one interventions and facilitating group programmes.
• Providing harm reduction advice, guidance and relapse prevention support.
• Motivating and supporting clients to engage with treatment and recovery services.
• Working collaboratively with healthcare professionals and external agencies to provide holistic support.
• Referring clients to services including housing, employment, education, healthcare and family support.
• Monitoring client progress and maintaining accurate case records.
• Contributing to service performance targets and positive client outcomes.

About You

We're looking for someone who is passionate about supporting people to make positive changes in their lives.

You'll have experience working within substance misuse services and be confident delivering structured interventions that place the individual at the centre of their recovery.

You'll Have:

• Experience working within drug and alcohol or substance misuse services.
• Experience completing comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and developing SMART care plans.
• Experience delivering structured one-to-one interventions.
• Experience facilitating therapeutic groups.
• Experience using motivational interviewing techniques in both one-to-one and group settings.
• Strong IT and case recording skills.
• An understanding of holistic care, continuity of care and partnership working.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential knowledge includes:

• Understanding of the challenges faced by people affected by substance misuse.
• Knowledge of recovery-focused practice.
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles and procedures.

Essential qualification:

• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent).

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.

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.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.