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Recovery Support Senior Practitioner - Weekend

Job details
Posting date: 02 February 2026
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 25 February 2026
Location: NR3 3AQ
Remote working: On-site only
Company: The Matthew Project
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: RSSP0226

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Summary

Recovery Support Senior Practitioner (Weekend)

Organisation: The Matthew Project
Job Title: Recovery Support Senior Practitioner (Weekend)
Line Manager: RSP Manager
Starting Salary: £22,535 per annum (pro rata of £29,779)
Contract: Part time, Permanent
Hours of work: 28 hours per week over 4 days: Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge which will make full use of your extensive recovery support knowledge and excellent organisational skills, and allow you to develop your people management experience?

If you are passionate about helping people to recover from substance misuse, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated Recovery Support Practitioner who is ready to develop their people management skills by running a small weekend team and be an integral part of developing the recovery community at our award-winning centre in Norwich. This will entail working flexibly in partnership with the weekday staff and include facilitating group work, providing 1:1 support and working with volunteers to deliver activities. Full details of the role are included in the job description and person specification.

The Matthew Project is a value driven charity working across East Anglia giving help and hope through programmes with adults, young people and communities affected by drugs, alcohol, and mental health issues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, of any faith or none.

The role will require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced DBS check prior to starting employment.

How to Apply
Please click the link below which will take you to the Matthew Project’s website where we have published the job vacancy advert and a full job description and person specification for the role. Also included on our website is a link to our application form. https://www.matthewproject.org/work-for-us

Alternatively, please click on this link, which will take you directly to our application form. Recovery Support Senior Practitioner (Weekend) – Fill in form
If you require a paper version of the application form and job description, please telephone us on 01603 626123 or email hr@matthewproject.org ensuring you provide your name and postal address.

Closing Date for applications: 12.00 noon on Wednesday 25th February 2026.
Interview Date: Friday 6th March 2026 at The Hub, 70-80 Oak Street, Norwich, NR3 3AQ.

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