Back to Job Search

Recovery Worker

Job Description


Job title: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker
Location: Canterbury
Working hours: Monday to Friday 9-5
Hourly rate: £18-£20 (negotiable depending on experience)
Contract: 3 Months agency contract
Charity/Company: Forward Trust

Job role:

  • Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey.
  • Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral.
  • psycho-social interventions.
  • 1 to 1 key work, and group work.
  • Harm minimisation



Essential requirements:

  • Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
  • A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc.
  • Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
  • Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.



Job title: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker
Location: Canterbury
Working hours: Monday to Friday 9-5
Hourly rate: £18-£20 (negotiable depending on experience)
Contract: 3 Months agency contract
Charity/Company: Forward Trust

Job role:

  • Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey.
  • Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral.
  • psycho-social interventions.
  • 1 to 1 key work, and group work.
  • Harm minimisation



Essential requirements:

  • Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
  • A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. mental health services, criminal justice agencies, community groups, etc.
  • Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
  • Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.