Complex Needs Recovery Worker
8 days ago
Grays
Complex Needs Recovery Worker - Thurrock Location: Thurrock Salary: £25,000 – £28,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent About The Role Are you passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives? The Forward Trust is looking for a Complex Needs Drug & Alcohol Recovery Worker to join our innovative Thurrock service. This is a full-time role (35 hours/week) and requires a car to support outreach across the community. You’ll be supporting individuals facing overlapping challenges including substance misuse, mental illness, homelessness, trauma, domestic abuse, offending, and learning disabilities. Using a trauma-informed, harm reduction approach, you’ll guide people safely through detox and rehabilitation pathways, advocate for them across multiple systems, and deliver training to local professionals. What you’ll do: • Manage a caseload of complex-need clients, including hard-to-reach individuals and those with learning disabilities., • Support people in refuges, hostels, supported accommodation, and community settings., • Deliver harm reduction interventions, structured support, and drug & alcohol awareness training., • Navigate individuals safely through Tier 4 detox and residential rehab pathways., • Represent Forward Trust at stakeholder events and multi...