Overview
Recovery Worker FTC – Dover
Contract
£24,000
**Please note this role is fixed-term until 30/09/2026**
We are looking for a committed and motivated Drug & Alcohol Recovery Worker to join our team. Working within an integrated healthcare framework, you will support adults (18+) who are experiencing problems with drugs and/or alcohol.
Our services are designed to deliver client-centred, evidence-based interventions that combine both harm reduction and abstinence approaches, depending on individual needs. You will manage a caseload, provide structured 1:1 and group interventions, deliver care plans, and ensure continuity of care through close collaboration with partner agencies.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives while contributing to key outcomes for service users, commissioners, and the wider community.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload, carrying out assessments, risk management, and SMART care planning
- Deliver structured 1:1 interventions, group sessions, and treatment programmes
- Provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance
- Support clients in developing recovery plans tailored to their needs
- Work collaboratively with housing, healthcare, probation, employment, and other services to ensure through-care and integrated support
- Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion across all aspects of service delivery
- Contribute to service and commissioner targets, with a focus on measurable recovery outcomes
- Work flexibly, including some evenings/weekends and occasional travel to other projects to ensure continuity of care
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience working in substance misuse services
- Experience in assessments, risk management, and SMART care planning
- Skilled in delivering structured interventions and facilitating groups
- Proficient in motivational interviewing (1:1 and group settings)
- Strong IT and record-keeping skills
- Understanding of holistic care, continuity of care, and community services
- Experience promoting equality, diversity, and inclusive practice
Knowledge Required
- Strong understanding of issues faced by substance misusers
- Knowledge of the Recovery Agenda
- Knowledge of safeguarding practices and responsibilities
Qualifications
Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (or equivalent)
Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge and commitment to the 12-step recovery process
- Understanding of community support services and the criminal justice sector
- Lived experience of addiction or imprisonment (with at least 3 years’ clean time or 5 years since release, where applicable)
- Previous experience in a community or prison setting
- Experience utilising clinical supervision
- Knowledge of NHS health and wellbeing outcomes
- Additional qualifications in substance misuse
About Us
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
- 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)
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.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
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.
