Recovery Support Worker Drug and Alcohol Services

Closing date: January 16th, 2026

Location: RISE

Salary: £27,924.41 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job Type: Permanent / Fixed Term

Shortlisting: 26th January 2026

Interview: 29th January 2026

Why this role would be great for you:

Relational Recovery Practitioners will be responsible for holding a case load of Service Users. Your role will be to deliver evidence based, therapeutic one to one and group recovery interventions and support.

What your week may look like:

• Providing therapeutic support that empowers them to plan a positive and sustainable future.
• Support Planning, risk assessing and safeguarding.
• Delivery of interpersonal group work programme.
• Service User Involvement and engagement.
• Activity co‑ordination.
• Provide a high level of therapeutic support as the lead case worker to the service user that empowers them to plan a positive and sustainable future.
• Support people to achieve their goals and targets as defined/ agreed within their recovery plans.
• Manage, update and communicate service users risk assessments in line with YMCA Together/City Wide policy and procedure.
• Plan and facilitate evidence‑based, therapeutic one‑to‑one and group interventions.
• Plan and facilitate workshops to individuals and groups that inform/teach service users around healthy relationships, promote healthy lifestyles, how to manage a tenancy, manage a home and live independently.
• Ensure people shape their own support and take part in activities.
• Encourage involvement, participation and co‑production from people in the running and development of the service.
• Provide a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages people to engage.
• Ensure appropriate recommendations are made for the use of the Service User Personalisation Budget.
• Encourage and support people with additional needs ensuring all appropriate referrals are made.
• Promote and encourage the pathway to independence working to a Whole Family Approach.
• Acting as nominated champion to maintain key partnerships and links.
• Create a platform for move on to independent accommodation.
• Provide intensive resettlement support to people who move on from the service.
• Monitor positive feedback from people and external agencies.
• Liaise with all emergency services.
• Ensure at all times the safety of yourself and others on the premises in which you work.
• Conduct Health and Safety checks as required.
• Report, log and communicate all incidents to the appropriate people.
• Conduct welfare checks as specified during your shift.
• Ensure adherence to YMCA Together visitor’s policy and procedure.
• Adhere to all Risk Management Protocols.
• Excellent communication with all YMCA Together staff.
• Flexible and positive approach with all team members.
• To be committed to learning and personal development both as an individual and as part of a team.
• Sharing information and expertise with the team, covering absence, and working together to provide a high-quality service.
• Attend team meetings as required.
• Develop excellent working relationships with the City Council Commissioners and multi-disciplinary team and ensure successful delivery of outcomes.
• Develop excellent and robust relationships, protocols, contacts and service level agreements with referring agencies, statutory services and wider stakeholders.
• Attend meetings with external partners as required to develop the service model and ensure all the KPI’s and outcomes of the service are met.