Dual Diagnosis Support Worker
| Posting date: | 08 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £28,392.00 to £31,157.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28392.00 - £31157.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2026 |
| Location: | Wells, BA5 1TJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9184-26-0796 |
Summary
As a Dual Diagnosis Recovery Worker, you will form part of a specialist team embedded within community mental health services, providing targeted support to adults experiencing both mental health difficulties and substance misuse. The role requires a highly person-centred approach, focusing on engagement, trust-building, and delivering tailored interventions. You will actively engage a defined caseload of service users, many of whom have historically struggled to access or remain involved in services. Through consistent outreach, empathetic communication, and practical support, you will help individuals remain connected to treatment and improve their overall wellbeing. A key function of the role is to provide structured, recovery-orientated support. This includes motivational engagement, relapse-prevention planning, and assisting individuals with daily living skills, social inclusion, and accessing community resources. You will contribute to psychological formulation-led interventions and ensure that care is both integrated and tailored to the individual's needs. You will play a vital role in bridging gaps between services by coordinating care across mental health teams, substance misuse services, and partner agencies. This integrated approach ensures service users receive timely, appropriate interventions and reduces the risk of disengagement. Risk management is central to the role. You will be responsible for monitoring and responding to changing levels of risk, including recognising early warning signs and taking timely action in line with safeguarding and clinical governance frameworks. The role involves working in a variety of settings, including community venues and service users' homes, sometimes independently and in potentially challenging environments. Working closely with the Dual Diagnosis Clinical Lead, you will support service delivery by maintaining engagement with service users, contributing to care planning, and assisting with service development activities, audits, and reporting of unmet needs. You will also collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, demonstrating strong communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will bring experience in mental health, substance misuse, or a related field, along with excellent relationship-building abilities, resilience, and a commitment to supporting individuals with complex needs. A proactive approach, the ability to manage competing demands, and a passion for improving outcomes for people with dual diagnosis are essential.