Position: Drug and Alcohol Outreach Worker
Location: 56-60 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1XE
Working Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £25,867 - £32,090
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.
North Yorkshire Horizons is a service made up of several key partners led by Waythrough, enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community. Providing a safe environment in which people can develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, successfully re-integrate into society, and become active, contributing citizens.
About the role...
We have an exciting opportunity to join our North Yorkshire Horizons service in Scarborough, which offers individualised support packages for people who are experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use.
The role will be embedded within our multi-disciplinary Multiple Disadvantage Outreach Model (MDOM) team, working proactively to engage with individuals experiencing a range of different complexities and vulnerabilities, delivering a variety of harm reduction interventions on an outreach basis, and working towards supporting a small caseload of these cases towards engaging with wider treatment provision and support.
As directed by the Project Manager and Lead Practitioner, the position will be an integral member of the dynamic multi agency team, using their abilities and skills to:
1. Deliver effective harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange, Blood Borne Virus interventions and advice around injecting related issues
2. Promote harm reduction, public health initiatives, messages and campaigns
3. Work with multi-agency partners to reduce the harms and comorbidities multiple disadvantage can bring
About you...
4. Proven experience of being able to engage with people.
5. An understanding of the issues that people face in their everyday lives, in regard to drug and alcohol.
6. Knowledge of completing service user assessments including comprehensive and risk assessments.
7. A level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care, or equivalent.
8. Good IT skills.
9. Driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role.
We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our team of passionate individuals you will be contributing to make this happen.
What We Offer
We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:
10. 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
11. Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
12. Life assurance (3× annual salary)
13. Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly pay
14. Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave
15. Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
16. 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
17. Recognition and long service awards via our and portals
18. £500 bonus
19. Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
20. Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good
21. 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:
2026-04-08