Recovery Worker (North Devon)
Location: Barnstaple
Working Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £24,243 - £28,930
Make a real difference in your community
Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier and more independent lives?
Join Waythrough, one of the UK’s leading mental health and social support charities, and make a lasting impact every day.
We support over 125,000 people each year through our 200 services, empowering individuals to overcome challenges around mental health, housing, and substance use.
About the Role
As a Recovery Worker, you’ll be responsible for working with and motivating service users to engage in the recovery programmes we offer in Devon.
Our service welcomes people at any stage in their recovery journey, starting with the open end of harm reduction, through to brief interventions, extended interventions and structured treatment, and Recovery Workers offer support throughout.
Day to day duties include:
1. Working autonomously to manage a caseload of our service users, including delivering a range of psychosocial interventions.
2. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake ongoing assessments, risk assessments, and appropriate referrals within the community
3. Facilitating group sessions with a range of individuals of varying backgrounds.
4. Working with partnership agencies to ensure continuity of care and support.
5. Providing duty cover for individuals accessing our services.
To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need:
We’re looking for an individual with a real passion for working in a recovery focused environment. You’ll hold some transferable skills, ideally from working in a similar environment or sector. Full training and support will be offered in all aspects of this role.
You’ll also have:
6. A knowledge and understanding of substance misuse and recovery
7. Experience of managing, planning, and prioritising your own workload, delivering work of a high standard
8. An understanding of safeguarding
9. An understanding of group working, group dynamics and group facilitation.
10. Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills
11. The ability to work well in a team environment alongside a range of people and organisations
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:
12. 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
13. Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
14. Life assurance (3× annual salary)
15. Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly pay
16. Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave
17. Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
18. 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
19. Recognition and long service awards via our and portals
20. £500 bonus
21. Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
22. Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good
23. 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:
Closing Date:
2026-02-11