Recovery Coordinator – Reconnect to Health (Low Newton)
Location: HMP Low Newton, Finchale Avenue, DH1 5YA
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:00‑16:00
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £25,877.80 – £34,240 (full earning potential; starting salary depends on experience and progression within the band)
About the Role
Provide collaborative recovery planning and case management for substance misusers (drug and alcohol) and their families across all stages of their recovery journey, from assessment and engagement to sustained recovery. Support individuals both in custody and through to release in partnership with prisons, community treatment services and multi‑disciplinary teams.
What You’ll Do
- Deliver specialist, tailored support to enable service users to make positive changes.
- Complete comprehensive assessments for individuals who need support from the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Team.
- Effectively manage a caseload of service users, reviewing and updating ongoing processes such as risk assessments and personalised recovery plans.
- Work closely within the multi‑disciplinary team and externally, attending reviews to support individuals in their recovery journey.
- Facilitate psychosocial interventions, including group work and one‑to‑one formats.
- Use an online case management system efficiently.
- Promote visible recovery across the service and ensure peer support opportunities are relevant and accessible for all service users.
- Adhere to safeguarding processes, identifying and preventing potential harm to service users and others, following local and organisational guidelines.
To Succeed in This Role
- Desire to support individuals with substance misuse issues through their recovery journey.
- Knowledge of harm reduction approaches related to substance misuse.
- Understanding and ability to implement brief interventions (MI, PSIs, CBT, ITEP).
- Experience with models of service delivery and recovery planning.
- Familiarity with best practice frameworks such as NICE, DOH, NTA, NMC, Care Quality Commission and Caldicott Standards.
- Experience delivering one‑to‑one and group therapeutic interventions.
- Excellent partnership and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and resilience while supporting individuals intensively, sometimes in stressful situations.
Benefits and Working Conditions
- 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
- Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
- Life assurance (3× annual salary)
- Enhanced sick pay and family‑friendly pay
- Birthday leave and option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave
- Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
- 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
- Recognition and long service awards via the Way to Go and Aspirations portals
- £500 friend‑referral bonus
- Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
- Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity discounts, extras and tickets for Good
- Free wills writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year
Equal Opportunities
Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support. We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme – all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation. If you need adjustments or support to apply, email our recruitment team: recruitmentteam@waythrough.org.uk.
Closing Date: 2026‑06‑17
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