Recovery Worker
Location: Dover
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Closing date : 27 Jan 2026
About The Role
Are you passionate about supporting people affected by drug and alcohol misuse? Do you want to be part of a dedicated team providing life-changing support to individuals in your community? If so, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for a committed Drug & Alcohol Recovery Worker to join our team, working within an integrated healthcare framework to support service users aged 18 and over. Youll be delivering a combination of harm reduction and abstinence-based interventions, tailored to the needs of each individual.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage a caseload of clients with drug and/or alcohol issues
Deliver psychosocial interventions through structured 1:1 sessions and group work
Provide harm reduction advice, guidance and education
Complete assessments, create care plans, and review progress
Work collaboratively with partner agencies including housing, healthcare, employment support, probation services, and others
Support clients through every stage of their recovery journey with a client-centred approach
Contribute to service targets and help measure outcomes in line with commissioner requirements
About You:
Experience working with individuals affected by substance misuse (paid or voluntary)
Strong communication and motivational skills
Ability to build effective partnerships with other professionals and agencies
Organised, empathetic, and client-focused
Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing client needs and service requirements
Please note flexibility will be required in this role, this may include some evening/weekend shift and with reasonable notice to travel to other projects in your cluster to deliver services, enabling continuity of care for the client group.
Applicants with lived experience of substance misuse should have at least three years of continuous recovery and be a minimum of three years post-discharge from structured treatment to be eligible for this role.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
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)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
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