Recovery Worker

📍 Location: Chelmsford, Essex

💷 Pay: £18.00 per hour - pay may be slightly higher or lower depending on direct Recovery Worker experience

📄 Contract: Temporary - 3 months

🚀 Start: ASAP

About the Role

We are recruiting for an experienced Recovery Worker to join a specialist substance misuse service in Chelmsford on a 3-month temporary assignment, with an immediate start available.

This is a great opportunity for a Recovery Worker with experience across drug and alcohol services to manage a varied caseload and deliver structured, recovery-focused interventions.

You will support a mixed caseload of opiate, non-opiate and alcohol clients, helping individuals reduce substance-related harm, engage with treatment and work towards sustainable recovery.

The role will also involve supporting individuals involved with the criminal justice system, including clients subject to Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR) and Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR).

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Manage an allocated caseload of drug and alcohol clients
• Complete assessments and develop personalised recovery and support plans
• Deliver structured one-to-one recovery interventions
• Support clients with harm reduction, relapse prevention and recovery goals
• Monitor progress and regularly review treatment and support plans
• Encourage and support engagement with treatment and wider recovery services
• Work with clients subject to ATR and DRR requirements
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding, risk and vulnerability concerns
• Work collaboratively with healthcare, criminal justice and partner agencies
• Build positive, trusting relationships using a person-centred and non-judgemental approach
• Contribute to the effective delivery of the wider service

👤 What We're Looking For

• Previous experience within substance misuse, drug and alcohol or recovery services
• Direct experience working as a Recovery Worker or in a closely related role
• Experience managing an allocated caseload independently
• Experience working with both drug and alcohol presentations
• Strong understanding of recovery-focused interventions and treatment approaches
• Experience completing assessments, support plans and risk assessments
• Knowledge of harm reduction, relapse prevention and safeguarding
• Confidence supporting individuals with complex or multiple needs
• Strong communication, organisation and case management skills
• Ability to maintain accurate and timely records
• A compassionate, resilient and non-judgemental approach
• Experience working with criminal justice clients, ATR or DRR is desirable

💡 The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for an experienced Recovery Worker who is confident managing a varied caseload and delivering effective interventions across drug and alcohol services.

You'll be comfortable working independently while also contributing to a wider multidisciplinary team. Most importantly, you'll be able to build effective relationships with people who may be experiencing complex challenges or barriers to recovery.

Experience working with criminal justice clients would be an advantage, but the key requirement is direct Recovery Worker experience within substance misuse services and proven caseload management experience.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.