Recovery Worker
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Healthcare
Substance Abuse Counselor, Mental Health
Recovery Worker - Blackpool | Winstone House
Location:
Winstone House, Blackpool. Role:
Recovery Worker. Duration: 2 months.
Hours:
Full-time. Start:
Urgent / Immediate. Pay:
Starting from £14.50 per hour PAYE + holiday pay or £18.00 per hour Umbrella. Experienced candidates:
Rates may be increased depending on experience.
We are urgently looking for an experienced Recovery Worker to join the multidisciplinary team at Winstone House, Blackpool, on a 2-month full-time assignment. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Recovery Worker to support individuals throughout their treatment and recovery journey, helping to reduce drug and alcohol-related harm and promote long-term recovery, independence and social reintegration.
Key Responsibilities- Support service users from initial entry through their treatment and recovery journey.
- Complete screening, triage and comprehensive assessments.
- Develop and review individual recovery plans using motivational interviewing techniques.
- Act as a Care Coordinator for an allocated caseload.
- Support social reintegration and meaningful community involvement.
- Carry out risk assessments and develop appropriate risk-management plans.
- Coordinate onward referrals to treatment, health and community services.
- Work alongside prescribing clinicians to support substitute prescribing programmes.
- Promote recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination.
- Help develop recovery communities and strengthen links with local recovery and mutual-aid groups.
- Ensure accurate and timely recording, data collection and reporting.
- Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Previous experience working within CGL (Change Grow Live).
- Experience using CRiiS.
- Previous experience as a Recovery Worker, Care Coordinator or within a drug and alcohol treatment setting.
- Experience with assessments, recovery planning and risk management.
- Knowledge of substance-misuse treatment and harm-reduction approaches.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A person-centred, flexible and recovery-focused approach.
- The ability to manage a caseload and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
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