# Recovery Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Inclusion. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/recovery-worker/bee26e06-2097-4b69-892d-f8a769077644 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/recovery-worker/bee26e06-2097-4b69-892d-f8a769077644.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Inclusion - **Location:** Inclusion New Forest - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Worker - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional weekend and evening working) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T12:51:03.743Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/New_Milton/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust_Inclusion_Services/Drug_AlcoholSubstance_Misuse/Drug_AlcoholSubstance_Misuse-v8331736 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8331736?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.inclusion.org/ ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn Are you passionate about making a positive difference and empowering people to achieve a better quality of life? We have an exciting opportunity for a compassionate and motivated individual to join Inclusion Recovery Hampshire, a drug and alcohol treatment and support service. In this role, you will manage your own caseload and deliver high-quality, person-centred care throughout each service user’s treatment and recovery journey. This will include completing assessments, care planning, delivering a range of interventions, and supporting individuals to achieve their recovery goals from referral through to discharge. You will work as part of a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team, alongside prescribers and other professionals, to provide health support including blood-borne virus (BBV) testing clinics. You will embrace a recovery-focused approach and ensure all records and documentation are accurate, timely, and up to date. We welcome applications from individuals with an interest in, and experience of, working within the drug and alcohol field. The ability to travel across the New Forest area is essential for this role. When completing your application, please clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria listed below. Shortlisting will be based on this information. ### Main duties of the job Full time Recovery Worker (working 37.5 hours per week) across multiple sites for Inclusion Recovery Hampshire’s New Forest service. Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues relating to drugs and alcohol and as a Recovery Worker, you will have a duty of care to those in need, providing high quality, inclusive and non-judgemental support. You will be motivated to support service users to develop the social networks and skills that they require to develop positive coping mechanisms, to guide them towards reintegrating successfully into the wider community. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below: - Be responsible for maintaining a full caseload of complex clients and supporting them to move forward in their recovery. - To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate recommendations as part as a robust duty system. - Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug and alcohol use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne viruses (BBVs). - To carry out comprehensive assessments, construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral. - To provide a range of structured psychosocial interventions including CBT-based brief solution-focused therapy, motivational enhancement techniques, and create and facilitate group work interventions. - To make domiciliary visits consistent with need, particularly for service users with disabilities and to those with family responsibilities. - Retain contact with service users whilst they are accommodated in residential rehabilitation units, including visits when required. - To provide a needle exchange service. Liaison Responsibilities: - To develop and sustain links with multi-disciplinary services including statutory and non-statutory providers of drug and alcohol services, criminal justice services and providers of wrap around services. - To develop a network of contacts with relevant agencies to promote service accessibility for the client group. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Strong communication skills, including motivational and trauma‑informed approaches - A commitment to, and understanding of, harm reduction & recovery approaches when working with people who use Drug and Alcohol - Ability to manage a caseload and maintain accurate records ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in the drug and alcohol field ### Qualifications **Essential** - Solid understanding of safeguarding and risk management - Accredited Drug and Alcohol Practitioner, or a willingness to work towards accreditation during employment with Inclusion **Desirable** - Foundation Degree / HNC in related field which may include counselling, social work, nursing, psychology, social studies OR equivalent experience ## Documents - [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2956) - [job description & person spec (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10654805) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.