Health Improvement Recovery Navigator Location: Dorset Working Hours: 37 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £25,110 - £32,090 We’re offering an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Navigator to join our Dorset-based substance misuse service, with a specific focus on Health Improvement. This is your chance to be part of a dynamic and compassionate team that supports individuals at all stages of their recovery journey—from harm reduction to structured treatment and beyond. If you’re passionate about health equity, recovery, and community care, we want to hear from you. About the role As a Health Improvement Recovery Worker, you will provide vital health improvement support alongside our clinical partners. This includes helping to deliver community alcohol detoxes, conducting home visits, and offering ongoing recovery support. You’ll be a key player in engaging service users with recovery pathways, providing psychosocial interventions, and linking them to community-based resources that enhance health and wellbeing. As a Health Improvement Recovery Worker, you will be responsible for: Manage a caseload of service users and deliver a range of psychosocial interventions. Work autonomously as well as collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. Conduct risk assessments, recovery planning, and referrals to internal and external services. Facilitate group sessions tailored to the diverse needs of individuals in treatment. Support clinical teams with community alcohol detoxes, including follow-up visits. Engage with at-risk clients as part of the Reach team, focusing on Blood Borne Virus (BBV) testing and treatment referrals. Distribute and provide training on Naloxone to service users to support harm reduction. About you We are seeking someone who is: Motivated, with a strong belief in the potential for recovery at any stage. Experienced in supporting people with substance misuse issues, ideally with health improvement or detox-related work. Skilled in communication, risk management, and delivering person-centred support. Confident facilitating groups and working independently in the community. Comfortable with home visits and flexible in their approach to meet client needs. Help shape better futures in Dorset—one person, one recovery journey at a time. Please note: This is Dorset wide and will require some travel, this is a full time and permanent position which can be based in one of our three hubs in Weymouth, Wimborne or Gillingham. As part of the role, you will be responsible for the Harm Reduction vehicle, and therefore will require a clear full UK driving license. For full person specifications and job details, please visit this link. Please note: The salary listed reflects the full earning potential for this role. Starting salaries depend on experience and progression within the band. About Waythrough Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England. Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers. Make a real difference in your community Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change. What We Offer We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package: 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays) Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5% Life assurance (3× annual salary) Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly pay Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme Recognition and long service awards via our Way to Go and Aspirations portals £500 Recommend a Friend bonus Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good Free will writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year Inclusion and accessibility Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support. We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation. If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team: recruitmentteam@waythrough.org.uk Closing Date: 2026-02-17 Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support. We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people. Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Richmond Fellowship’ or ‘Aquarius’ (our subsidiary charity in the Midlands). Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate. Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Humankind job site https://peoplekind.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/ Aquarius Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough. Aquarius is a Midlands-based charity supporting individuals to overcome the harms caused by drugs, alcohol and gambling. Aquarius has always held the view that people we support could resolve their problems with support and guidance and that people have the ability to find their own solutions to their problems. Our roles across the organisation include Practitioners and Administrators as well as Team Managers. Find out more at www.aquarius.org.uk