Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

Location: Kingston upon Hull

Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

Location:

Hull
Salary: £27,449.52
Vacancy Type:
Permanent
Advertising End Date: 27 Mar 2026
About

The Role
Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive, lasting change?
We’re looking for a Drug & Alcohol Practitioner to join our team in Hull, delivering vital psychosocial interventions and accredited treatment programmes to individuals with drug and alcohol needs within an integrated healthcare setting.
In this full-time (35 hours per week) role, you’ll support individuals on their recovery journey using both harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches, helping them build the skills and confidence needed to move forward and prepare for life beyond custody.

What you’ll be doing
 
* You’ll play a key role in delivering person-centred support, including:
 
* Managing a caseload of service users and supporting their treatment journeys
 
* Completing risk assessments, care planning and regular reviews
 
* Delivering structured 1:1 interventions and group programmes
 
* Providing harm reduction advice and recovery-focused support
 
* Facilitating accredited drug and alcohol treatment programmes
 
* Supporting individuals to develop release and resettlement plans
This role sits within a multi-disciplinary team, so partnership working is key. You’ll work closely with:
 
* Healthcare teams
 
* Probation services
 
* Housing and employment services
 
* External drug and alcohol services
Together, you’ll ensure individuals receive the support they need both during custody and as they prepare for release.
What we’re looking for
We’re seeking someone who is motivated, organised and committed to supporting recovery.
Ideally, you will have:
 
* Experience working with drug and alcohol services, recovery programmes or offender rehabilitation
 
* Confidence delivering group work and structured interventions
 
* Strong assessment, case management and care planning skills
 
* The ability to build effective relationships with partner agencies and colleagues
Additional responsibilities
 
* Maintain accurate case records and outcome reporting
 
* Contribute to service targets, audits and quality standards
 
* Use case management systems such as P-NOMIS and other internal systems
 
* Carry out second signatory processes and oral swab testing where required
Flexibility is important in this role, including occasional evening or weekend work and travel to other services within the cluster when required.
If you’re looking for a rewarding role where you can genuinely change lives, we’d love to hear from you.
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)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
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