Location: Sittingbourne
Salary: GBP 26,000 per annum
Vacancy type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing date: 14th June 2026
Want to make a real impact supporting people on their recovery journey?
We’re looking for a passionate Assessment Recovery Worker to join an integrated healthcare team in Sittingbourne on a full:time basis (35 hours per week), working with adults affected by drug and alcohol use.
This is a frontline, person-centred role where no two days are the same; you’ll be helping people move forward with their lives through structured support, practical guidance, and meaningful recovery planning.
What you’ll be doing
- Carrying out assessments, risk management plans, and SMART care plans
- Delivering 1:1 interventions and group work programmes
- Using motivational interviewing techniques to support change and engagement
- Providing harm reduction advice alongside abstinence-based recovery pathways
- Managing a busy caseload, prioritising needs and tracking progress
- Working closely with partners across housing, probation, healthcare, employment, and community services
- Supporting clients through a joined-up, holistic recovery journey
You’ll also play a key role in service outcomes, safeguarding, audits, and data recording, helping ensure high:quality, evidence-based support is consistently delivered.
What we’re looking for
- Experience in substance misuse services
- Confidence in assessment, care planning, and structured interventions
- Skilled in group facilitation and 1:1 key work
- Strong understanding of recovery, safeguarding, and harm reduction
- Good IT skills and ability to manage records accurately
- A collaborative, motivated approach to multi-agency working
This is a chance to be part of a service that genuinely changes lives. You’ll work in a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment where reflective practice, supervision, and professional development are encouraged.
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rated 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)
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