Recovery Outreach Practitioner - Brent

Overview

Recovery Outreach Practitioner – Brent

We are seeking a dedicated Recovery Outreach Practitioner to join our team in Brent on a 3-month contract. The role involves working with homeless individuals and those affected by substance misuse, delivering recovery-focused outreach and support within a collaborative team.

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred, low-threshold street-based interventions to individuals who are rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness
• Manage a small, complex caseload including assessments, evidence-based interventions, recovery planning, and aftercare support
• Conduct street outreach to engage and re-engage homeless individuals misusing substances, building trusting relationships with street-active people
• Provide psychosocial one-to-one interventions such as harm reduction advice, overdose prevention (including naloxone), blood-borne virus education, and opioid replacement therapy
• Facilitate access to mutual aid, education, employment, health, and wellbeing services, and signpost to additional community resources
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, housing providers, and local authorities to support service users into treatment and reduce street drinking and anti-social behaviour
• Maintain accurate, timely case records using designated management systems in compliance with data protection policies
• Actively participate in multi-disciplinary review meetings and safeguarding activities, ensuring adherence to organisational and statutory safeguarding policies

• Experience working with substance misuse services or socially excluded/vulnerable groups
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a team-oriented approach
• Demonstrable ability to deliver high-quality service to people with complex needs
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office, digital platforms, and case management systems (e.g., Nebula, System One)
• NVQ/QCF/RCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent (or willingness to complete within 2 years)
• Knowledge of relevant health and social care regulatory frameworks (CQC, NICE, etc.)
• Valid driver’s license is desirable but not essential

• £250 Training Allowance to support ongoing development
• Dedicated Specialist Consultant to assist throughout placement
• Work with thousands of clients nationwide, gaining diverse experience
• Daily payroll runs ensuring timely payments
• Free Candidate Registrations
• Referral and Loyalty Bonus Schemes
• Sign Up Bonus available
• Free compliance checks to support your application and ongoing employment