Substance Misuse Recovery Worker – Isle of Wight

Company: Day Webster Limited
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Day Webster are currently recruiting for a Band 5 Recovery Worker to support HMP Isle of Wight.

The role is for those accessing treatment with alcohol or substance dependency, mainly opiate dependency.

Essential Experience

  • Prior experience within a structured drug and alcohol treatment system.
  • Working with those prescribed OST, alongside other prescribed interventions.
  • You will offer PSI interventions and be well versed in harm reduction principles to reduce drug and alcohol related harm.
  • Prison clearance is essential
  • The role is Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide harm reduction advice, information, and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections
  • Be responsible for maintaining a full case load of clients as the key worker.
  • 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 assist and support nurse prescribers during prescribing clinics.
  • To provide a range of structured psycho-social interventions including CBT based brief solution focused therapy and motivational enhancement techniques.
  • To create and facilitate group work interventions.
  • To provide a needle exchange service.
  • Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement.
  • To work with a range of professional in ensuring service users’ needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.
  • Encourage and work with service users to move forward in their recovery
  • Encourage and work intensively with service users to support them move away from maintenance treatment where appropriate

To find out more about this opportunity please email your CV to sandy.sheikh@daywebster.com

Role Requirements

  1. Right to Work Document
  2. DBS Certificate (Update service desirable)
  3. 2 x Referee contact details
  4. Relevant experience in Substance Misuse and Recovery Services

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Posted: June 1st, 2026