Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Yeovil by doing a highly rewarding job? Turning Point’s drug & alcohol services are currently expanding during an exciting time in the sector, with new funding and investment. We have a range of roles for people passionate about supporting others to make change.
We have roles in different teams including:
1. Community based treatment services: providing assessment, coordinating treatment, and working in partnership to support individuals. The roles include delivering structured psycho-social interventions in group and one-to-one settings to enable our service users to acquire thinking skills and behaviors to make lasting change.
2. Homeless outreach provision: targeting homeless individuals, offering flexible outreach responses to highly vulnerable individuals sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation.
3. Criminal Justice rehabilitation/recovery services: working closely with Probation Services, Prisons, and Police to provide a rapid, tailored response supporting recovery and rehabilitation.
As a Recovery Worker, we offer a starting salary of £25,116, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, up to £29,383 per year. (Dependent on experience, you may be offered a higher starting salary).
You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways, enabling you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
Whether you aim to progress into management and leadership roles or become a specialist as an Advanced Substance Use Practitioner, we will support and encourage your career development.
Role Responsibilities
Recovery workers act as ‘key workers’ to a caseload of service users, supporting them to set treatment goals and develop plans to achieve these. The role includes maintaining regular contact, offering advice, information, psycho-social interventions, assessments, risk management planning, and collaborating with clinical staff and partner agencies. Effective communication, task management, and a commitment to Turning Point values are essential. Candidates with lived experience of substance use, mental health, or homelessness, or those with experience supporting people in health and social care, are encouraged to apply; if your values align, there is a role for everyone.
The Ideal Candidate
You’ll have an understanding of substance and alcohol use, along with the challenges and opportunities in recovery. Transferable skills from backgrounds such as mental health, housing, or other health and social care fields are also valued. Flexibility, the ability to work dynamically with individuals and groups, and knowledge of relapse and barriers to recovery are vital, with training available to develop these skills. Excellent communication skills and shared organizational values are important. Our Trainee Recovery Worker program offers entry-level opportunities for those without all relevant experience.
We value creativity and initiative, involving all staff in improving service quality and user experience. Support through extensive training and a learning culture helps staff stay updated and drive service improvements.
About us
As a leading health and social care provider with over 300 locations across England, we pride ourselves on our services.
We operate on a not-for-profit basis, reinvesting all earnings into our services and staff. We believe in continuous improvement to better the lives of those we support.
What Benefits Will I Receive?
We offer a total reward package including:
* 25 days’ paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days with service; options to buy additional holidays.
* Explore all benefits here: Turning Point Benefits.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if the position is filled before the deadline.
Salary starting at £25,116, with annual progression up to £29,383.
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