Drug and Alcohol Assertive Outreach Worker
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,242.40 to £30,790 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | 55-60 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1XE |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Humankind |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VN5277 |
Summary
Drug and Alcohol Assertive Outreach Worker
Working hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, with a 4:30pm finish on Friday
Location: 55-60 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1XE
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, which offers individualised support packages for people who are experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use.
The role will be embedded within our multi-disciplinary Multiple Disadvantage Outreach Model (MDOM) team , working proactively to engage with individuals experiencing a range of different complexities and vulnerabilities, delivering a variety of harm reduction interventions on an outreach basis, and working towards supporting a small caseload of these cases towards engaging with wider treatment provision and support.
As directed by the Project Manager and Lead Practitioner, the position will be an integral member of the dynamic multi agency team, using their abilities and skills to:
Deliver effective harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange, Blood Borne Virus interventions and advice around injecting related issues
Promote harm reduction, public health initiatives, messages and campaigns
Work with multi-agency partners to reduce the harms and comorbidities multiple disadvantage can bring
About you...
Proven experience of being able to engage with people.
An understanding of the issues that people face in their everyday lives, in regard to drug and alcohol.
Knowledge of completing service user assessments including comprehensive and risk assessments.
A level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care, or equivalent.
Good IT skills.
Driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role.
We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our team of passionate individuals you will be contributing to make this happen.
For full job description and person specification and job details, please click here.
Please be advised, if you are viewing this role on Indeed, the link to the job description will not work. Please click the 'Apply via Company Website' button to be redirected to our careers page, where you will be able to view the job description in full.
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 (formerly Humankind) 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 (formerly Humankind) 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 (formerly Humankind) 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
Working hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, with a 4:30pm finish on Friday
Location: 55-60 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1XE
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, which offers individualised support packages for people who are experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use.
The role will be embedded within our multi-disciplinary Multiple Disadvantage Outreach Model (MDOM) team , working proactively to engage with individuals experiencing a range of different complexities and vulnerabilities, delivering a variety of harm reduction interventions on an outreach basis, and working towards supporting a small caseload of these cases towards engaging with wider treatment provision and support.
As directed by the Project Manager and Lead Practitioner, the position will be an integral member of the dynamic multi agency team, using their abilities and skills to:
Deliver effective harm reduction interventions, including needle exchange, Blood Borne Virus interventions and advice around injecting related issues
Promote harm reduction, public health initiatives, messages and campaigns
Work with multi-agency partners to reduce the harms and comorbidities multiple disadvantage can bring
About you...
Proven experience of being able to engage with people.
An understanding of the issues that people face in their everyday lives, in regard to drug and alcohol.
Knowledge of completing service user assessments including comprehensive and risk assessments.
A level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care, or equivalent.
Good IT skills.
Driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role.
We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our team of passionate individuals you will be contributing to make this happen.
For full job description and person specification and job details, please click here.
Please be advised, if you are viewing this role on Indeed, the link to the job description will not work. Please click the 'Apply via Company Website' button to be redirected to our careers page, where you will be able to view the job description in full.
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 (formerly Humankind) 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 (formerly Humankind) 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 (formerly Humankind) 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