Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner in Leeds

Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner – Forward Leeds

Location: 74 Kirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
Working Hours: 37 hours, Monday-Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £25,110 – £32,090 per annum (please note that the starting salary for this role would be £26,250 per annum)

About Waythrough

Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.

Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.

Make a real difference in your community

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.

About the Role

As an Enhanced Care team Recovery Coordinator, you will be employed by Waythrough to support higher‑need service users who are unable to progress their timeframe due to their multiple needs. Multiple needs include but are not limited to chronic physical health, comorbidities, financial issues, memory/cognitive impairment, age, housing, limited social support and other multi‑agency support needs.

This is an interesting and rewarding role where you will have the flexibility to complete greater levels of outreach and go to service users to reduce barriers to engagement, support them to engage with specialist services, bring the intensive support and interventions to the individuals and enhance positive outcomes through this flexible working.

What You’ll Do

The post holder will provide holistic support to adult service users to support their drug / alcohol treatment. Key roles and responsibilities include:

• Assess and engage with those individuals identified to have multiple needs who require a more flexible way of working including outreach support to reduce identified barriers to engagement with mainstream support in a service setting due to their identified additional needs.
• Manage a service user caseload and review ongoing care and treatment liaising closely with the full range of specialist workers within the multi‑agency team, including family members and significant others, as appropriate.
• The role will include but is not restricted to conducting home visits, supporting clients to appointments with various services/specialisms as well as meeting individuals in the community.
• Exercise excellent communication skills and therapeutic skills when dealing with Service Users, Carers, and Caring agencies.
• Work closely and in partnership with the multi‑disciplinary team from across the Forward Leeds partnership and externally providing advice and guidance to managers and other colleagues, through attendance at reviews, team meetings and group supervision and via the telephone.

To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need

• You will have a passion for making a difference and fair chances for all should be at the core of everything you do.
• You will have knowledge and understanding of interventions, including brief interventions, Motivational Interviewing, Psychosocial Interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Harm reduction and multi‑disciplinary working.
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

What We Offer

We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:

• 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
• Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
• Life assurance (3× annual salary)
• Enhanced sick pay and family‑friendly pay
• Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave
• Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
• 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
• Recognition and long service awards via our portals
• £500 bonus
• Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
• Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good
• Free will writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year

Inclusion and accessibility

Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.

We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme – all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.

If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team.

Closing Date: 2026-03-31