About the Role
Join our team as a Recovery Worker in Redcar & Cleveland.
Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Redcar & Cleveland is looking for a Recovery Worker to join our Criminal Justice team in providing high-quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.
WithYou in Redcar and Cleveland is a free and confidential service for people affected by drugs and alcohol. The service is part of the THRIVE partnership, an integrated substance use, domestic abuse and education/recovery support service. You will be working within a highly skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team - find out more about the service on our website .
Please refer to the linked job description to support your application.
As a Recovery Worker, we offer a starting salary of £25,000, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,000 per year. pro rata For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.
Please note that the closing date is 11th May 2026; however, we may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. All applicants must submit a CV along with a cover letter explaining why they would like to be considered for this role.
Job Opportunity
We are seeking a positive, motivated, and experienced individual to lead our Criminal Justice team. The role requires the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across a range of criminal justice and partner agencies, including Probation Services, prisons, and other key stakeholders.
As a Team Leader, you will provide strong operational leadership and oversight of a complex caseload, ensuring high standards of practice across the team. You will be responsible for supporting staff in delivering effective risk assessments, care planning, and psychosocial interventions (PSI), while driving performance and achieving positive outcomes for individuals within the criminal justice pathway.
Wigan and Leigh is an integrated drug and alcohol service delivering an asset-based, community-focused approach to treatment. The service specialises in harm reduction, including needle and syringe provision, psychosocial interventions, and opioid substitution treatment. We also facilitate access to detoxification and a wide range of community-based recovery interventions.
Essential Skills
As a Criminal Justice Recovery Worker you will be providing support and advice to people who are subject to criminal justice processes experiencing difficulties due to substance misuse and domestic abuse. You will have the opportunity to complete training in both areas, and strengthen your knowledge of these key strands of our service. You will have your own caseload, working as part of our team and alongside other social care services to identify how we can help. You will develop plans with your clients to help them get their lives back to where they want them to be.
We are looking for a dedicated and understanding individual who is eager to help develop the service in supporting our female client group, whilst working collaboratively with the social care and domestic abuse teams.
If you think this could be the career for you, take the first step and apply now to join our amazing team in Redcar & Cleveland.
You will work as part of a team with the aims of:
* understanding your clients
* keeping them safe
* creating a plan they can achieve with your support
* checking in with them and reviewing their progress
* keeping accurate and timely records of your contact with them
* working effectively with other social care providers e.g. Housing, to cover all aspects of their successful recovery
* continuously learning and reflecting to improve the outcomes for your clients
* supporting your colleagues across the service to deliver excellent care
* Utilising effective delivery of psychosocial interventions to support clients to successfully comply with court orders and make positive change
As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. WithYou is all about working with our clients to find the right path for them to get to where they want to be, and you will be joining an amazing team of people who go the extra mile to make that happen. Working within one of our services is always busy, sometimes challenging, but always rewarding. We work collaboratively to provide the best support and treatment to anyone who needs it. If you have a compassionate nature and a genuine desire to help others, you could be just what we're looking for.
About Company
WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland.
Our name reflects who we are – a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that’s right for them.
Our staff team changes lives. If you’re passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.
DE&I
As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
Please review our Recruitment Frequently Asked Questions before submitting your application.
Benefits
* 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
* An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
* Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
* Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
* Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
* We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period