Recovery Worker

Job summary
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

Are you:

• passionate about providing high quality care and support?
• skilled/experienced in providing evidence based psychological/psychosocial interventions geared towards supporting people to make positive changes and work towards recovery?
• highly motivated with the ability to support and inspire?
• able to apply your skills/interventions to the care of people with mild to moderate substance misuse needs.

Then come and join our team in the Isle of Wight as a Recovery Worker!

Main duties of the job
As a recovery worker, you will:

• Provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions to those people experiencing substance misuse problems.
• Work in a community environment delivering a high quality drug and alcohol recovery service in response to need.
• Provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting people to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.
• Work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met.
• Provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho-social interventions) to people located within the community environment.

About us
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details. A summary is below: To deliver psycho-social, recovery orientated and outcome-focussed service within ORB with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice. To work within an integrated team delivering psycho-social and clinical interventions to service users presenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol. To use strengths-based approaches including mapping techniques and relevant paperwork in order to carry out initial screening assessments. To carry out further assessments that includes strengths-based node-link mapping techniques and recovery planning. Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical services and supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment. Including joint recovery planning, attending joint clinical reviews, joint 1:1 sessions and communicating progress and needs to appropriate staff where need dictates. To identify and formulate goals jointly agreed with the service user on their recovery plan appropriate to their needs. To be responsible for the coordination of recovery for each client on your caseload. To provide structured interventions in accordance with the needs identified on an individual basis, in line with the goals identified and agreed on the recovery plan.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable

• NVQ 3 in health and Social Care or equivalent qualification

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with people who use alcohol and drugs
• Understanding of working within multi disciplinary teams
• To demonstrate understanding of the effects of stigma
• Understanding of trauma informed care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: Inclusion
Address: Inclusion Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, PO30 1DB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Service Manager
Annette Davolls
annette.davolls@mpft.nhs.uk
01785221662

Details
Date posted: 13 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year Per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 301-IT-26-8344770
Job locations: Inclusion Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, PO30 1DB, United Kingdom

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.