Recovery Worker

CompanyMidlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

LocationYork, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/27/2026

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Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

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Job overview

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The Inclusion Directorate with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation currently provides Psychosocial Substance Misuse Teams into prisons across Yorkshire. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our team at HMP Askham Grange. We are looking for a compassionate and skilled Recovery Worker to join our team.

Working in prisons is both challenging and rewarding. This is an opportunity to work with some very interesting people with complex substance misuse needs. Working in prisons is a fantastic opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.

As a Recovery Worker you will need to have a sound knowledge of substance misuse and the barriers and issues faced by those affected. You will need to be confident in managing a caseload of people with complex substance misuse difficulties.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions to those people experiencing substance misuse problems.
To work in a custodial environment delivering a high-quality drug and alcohol recovery service in response to need.
To provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting people to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.
To work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met.
To provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho-social interventions) to people located within the prison establishment.
To contribute and work within the prison and wider drug strategy

For more information about the role, please click on apply.