Recovery Support Worker. Job in Peterborough LilyLifestyle Jobs

Company: United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia
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Your new company

Your new organisation’s mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Their aim is to work together to challenge stigma and oppression, by creating a respectful environment.

Your new role

Main Purpose of the Role

  • Support service users from entry into the service through their treatment and recovery journey.
  • Deliver high-quality care to reduce drug and alcohol-related harm.
  • Promote involvement of carers, service users, and the community.
  • Provide advocacy for access to partnership services.

Core Duties

  1. Assessment & Planning
    • Conduct screening, triage, and risk assessments.
    • Develop recovery plans tailored to individual needs.
    • Assess suitability for group work and onward referrals.
  2. Interventions
    • Deliver psychosocial interventions (e.g., CBT-based approaches).
    • Provide harm minimisation and brief interventions.
    • Facilitate 1-to-1 key work sessions, group work, and structured programs.
  3. Recovery Support
    • Help individuals build recovery resources and access peer/mutual aid groups.
    • Support social reintegration and resilience building.
    • Promote recovery communities and links with local support networks.
  4. Collaboration
    • Work with prescribing clinicians to support substitute prescribing regimes.
    • Liaise with multi-agency partners (healthcare, housing, probation, etc.).
    • Advocate for service users to access wider health and social care services.
  5. Safeguarding & Compliance
    • Ensure confidentiality and consent protocols are followed.
    • Adhere to safeguarding practices for children and vulnerable adults.
    • Maintain accurate records and reporting.

What you’ll need to succeed

Must have worked for a substance misuse service before

What you’ll get in return

  • Full-time hours
  • Competitive pay

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Posted: June 8th, 2026