Recovery Worker

Recovery Worker – Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership (Fixed Term – May 2027)

Recovery workers act as 'key workers' to a caseload of service users, supporting them to decide their goals around treatment and develop plans to achieve these. The role includes maintaining regular contact with your clients, offering advice, information and psycho‑social interventions as well as providing assessments, risk management planning and working closely with our clinical staff around prescribing needs and partner agencies.

No day is the same in this role but an ability to communicate effectively with a range of service users and colleagues, an ability to manage different tasks and a commitment to Turning Point values are essential. You may have lived experience of substance use/mental health/homelessness (self or a significant other), come with experience supporting people in health and social care or just have a keen interest in supporting this group;

if your values are right, we have a role for everyone.

You’ll have an understanding of substance and alcohol use and the challenges and opportunities for individuals on a recovery journey. However, we also recognise that many people have transferrable skills from other backgrounds such as mental health, housing or other health and social care provision. The roles are varied, so flexibility, an ability to work dynamically on a one‑to‑one and group basis and knowledge of relapse and other barriers to recovery will be vital but we can help to shape these skills where needed.

We also look for candidates with excellent communication skills and who share our values as an organisation.

Support clients in achieving treatment goals, maintain regular contact, and provide psycho‑social interventions. Work closely with clinical staff around prescribing needs and partner agencies. Manage multiple tasks, work individually and in groups, and identify opportunities to improve the quality of our services and the service user experience.

You may have lived experience of substance use, mental health or homelessness, or come with experience supporting people in health and social care, or simply a keen interest in this line of work. We value individuals with lived experience but also those who are just interested in this line of work; our Trainee Recovery Worker programme enables individuals without all relevant experience to gain an entry‑level position within the organisation before moving on to other roles.

We value individual creativity and initiative, and whatever your role, you will be fully involved in identifying opportunities to improve the quality of our services and the service user experience. Your ideas will be listened to and your suggestions implemented wherever possible. You will be supported in your role by extensive training to help develop your skills. Our learning culture encourages everyone to stay on top of the latest developments in their field and helps drive service improvement.

Starting salary of £25,870, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, up to £30,265 per year (dependent on experience).

• 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
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We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

Please Note:

A Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle is an Essential Requirement. This is a Fixed Term position until May 2027.

The role is based at the Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership, a vibrant new partnership delivering substance use treatment and recovery services across Lincolnshire from April 2024. Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership is delivered in partnership between Turning Point, Framework and Double Impact. The partnership combines Turning Point's national experience as an…