An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Recovery Support Team in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, working closely with the STARS recovery community. This is a full-time role (35 hours per week) where you’ll play a key part in supporting individuals on their recovery journey across the wider Southend area.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, empathetic, and motivated practitioner with a strong understanding of professional boundaries and ideally lived experience or knowledge of recovery and the local community.
You’ll work alongside the BRiC Coordinator and wider multi-agency partners to deliver person-centred recovery support and help build strong pathways into and through recovery services.
What you’ll be doing
- Carrying a small caseload of recovery support clients
- Delivering 1:1 sessions, group work, and structured recovery interventions
- Facilitating welcome PODS and lived experience workshops
- Supporting recovery groups and service user involvement activities
- Working with partners to develop community recovery pathways
- Supporting assessments, care planning, and harm reduction approaches
- Helping clients access housing, benefits, training, and employment support
- Contributing to outcome-focused targets and service improvement
What we’re looking for
- Passion for recovery-focused, community-based support
- Ability to work confidently in a multi-agency environment
- Strong relationship-building and motivational skills
- Understanding of harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches
- Organised, reflective, and committed to professional development
Experience in recovery services or lived experience of recovery would be highly desirable.
Be part of a supportive and purpose-driven team making a real impact, helping individuals rebuild their lives, strengthen recovery, and reconnect with their communities.
Please see attached Job Description for full details