Recovery Worker

Recovery Worker - Fixed Term Contract

Location: Medway

Salary: £24,000 per annum

Closing Date: 18 Dec 2025

About The Role

Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive life changes?

We are looking for a Recovery Worker to join our integrated healthcare service on a fixed-term contract until 13th November 2026, working with adults experiencing drug and alcohol issues. You'll provide client-centred, psychosocial interventions using both harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches, helping individuals move forward with confidence and support.

You'll work closely with healthcare, housing, employment services, probation and other partners to ensure each service user receives holistic, coordinated care. If you're committed, motivated and ready to make an impact, this could be the role for you.

What You'll Do

• Carry out assessments and create/update care plans
• Deliver structured 1:1 sessions, group work and treatment programmes
• Work with partner agencies to support clients' wider needs
• Support healthcare colleagues with monitoring, harm reduction and risk management
• Motivate clients to engage with treatment and community services
• Manage and prioritise a mixed caseload
• Meet KPI targets and facilitate groups to required standards
• Maintain accurate records, data submissions and case documentation
• Follow safeguarding, risk and organisational policies

What We're Looking For

• Experience in substance misuse services
• Skilled in assessments, risk planning and SMART care plans
• Able to deliver structured interventions and facilitate groups
• Motivational interviewing skills
• Strong IT and digital case management skills
• Understanding of holistic care, community services and continuity of care
• Knowledge of recovery approaches and safeguarding
• Commitment to Equality & Diversity
• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)

You'll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team where flexibility is key, some evening/weekend work and local travel may be required.

This is a meaningful opportunity to help people transform their lives while growing professionally within a fixed-term role.

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)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.