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Drug and Alcohol Worker

Job details
Posting date: 11 February 2025
Salary: £24,020 to £30,790 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 02 March 2025
Location: 7 North Park Road, Harrogate, HG1 5PD
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Humankind
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: VN4861

Summary

Drug and Alcohol Worker

Working hours: 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday with a late night on a Monday until 8pm which will be worked on a rota basis.
Location: 7 North Park Road, Harrogate, HG1 5PD

About the Service...
North Yorkshire Horizons is a service made up of several key partners led by Waythrough, enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community. Providing a safe environment in which people can develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, successfully re-integrate into society, and become active, contributing citizens.

About the role...
We have an exciting opportunity to join our North Yorkshire Horizons service in Harrogate, as a Drug and Alcohol Worker. The service offers individualised support packages for people who are experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use.

Key duties as a Drug and Alcohol Worker will include:
Manage a caseload by creating, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
Facilitate and promote the progression of individuals from initial engagement into structured treatment.
Support clients in various different treatment stages, from initial assessment to exiting treatment, accessing sustained recovery and aftercare.
Contribute to reducing substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
Collaborate closely with key partners and colleagues across the street to support partnerships to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.
About you...
Experience of holding a caseload.
Knowledge and/or experience of substance misuse.
Experience supporting vulnerable people, whose lives have been affected by alcohol and/or drug use.
A relevant qualification in Health and Social Care.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is not essential but preferred.

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The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band.

Who are we…
Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site https://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers.


What can Waythrough offer you…
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
✍️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
‍♀️ Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks

Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at people.recruitment@waythrough.org.uk