• Job Description

  Req#: E9847-25-0191?language=en&page=65&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a dedicated, enthusiastic, and resourceful Drug and Alcohol Support Worker to join our team. This role is based within a dynamic and challenging prison environment, working as part of Spectrum's prison-based Drug & Alcohol recovery-focused treatment model. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high-quality support across the key elements of the service, including assessment, case management, psychosocial interventions, release planning, and throughcare. This is a great opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking, flexible, and supportive team committed to making a positive difference in the lives of those we work with.

  Main duties of the job

  This Support Worker role offers the opportunity to work closely with and provide essential support to a team of Recovery Coordinators within a busy and dynamic prison-based Drug & Alcohol Service. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of services that help individuals achieve their recovery goals, improve outcomes, and support successful reintegration into the community. Under the guidance of the Drug & Alcohol Service Manager (Recovery), Senior Practitioners, and other managers, the Support Worker will work effectively and flexibly as part of the wider team to maintain high standards of service delivery. The role involves working collaboratively with partner agencies to provide meaningful interventions that motivate and support service users throughout their individual recovery journeys. This position requires a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and recovery-orientated approach, recognising service users as active participants in their own health, wellbeing, and recovery. The Support Worker will also be expected to support and adhere to HR processes as directed by the management team and in line with organisational policy.

  About us

  BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

  Join our team

  We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

  Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

  • Access to NHS Pension
  • Annual leave on your Birthday
  • Welcome payment for some posts
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Training and Development opportunities
  • Flexible Working
  • Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
  • Up to 33 days annual leave

  Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

  We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

  Our Mission

  Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

  Our Vision

  Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.

  Details

  Date posted

  30 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  847-RM-25-V596

  Job locations

  HMP/YOI Styal

  Styal Road

  Wilmslow, Cheshire

  SK9 4HR

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

  Person Specification

  NA

  Essential

  • Experience of working with vulnerable individuals, ideally within a substance misuse, criminal justice, health or social care setting
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting colleagues and service delivery in a flexible and collaborative way.
  • IT literacy, including the ability to use electronic case management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
  • Good organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to maintain accurate records and meet deadlines.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with service users and professionals.

  Desirable

  • Understanding of recovery-focused approaches and a commitment to supporting individuals through change.
  • Basic knowledge of harm reduction, relapse prevention, and psychosocial interventions.
  • Ability to engage, support and challenge service users to enable progression towards recovery goals
  • Previous experience in a prison or secure setting.
  • Experience facilitating group work sessions related to substance misuse, recovery, or wellbeing.
  • Understanding of trauma-informed practice and strength-based approaches.
  • Awareness of safeguarding protocols and procedures for working with vulnerable adults.

  Person Specification

  NA

  Essential

  • Experience of working with vulnerable individuals, ideally within a substance misuse, criminal justice, health or social care setting
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting colleagues and service delivery in a flexible and collaborative way.
  • IT literacy, including the ability to use electronic case management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
  • Good organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to maintain accurate records and meet deadlines.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with service users and professionals.

  Desirable

  • Understanding of recovery-focused approaches and a commitment to supporting individuals through change.
  • Basic knowledge of harm reduction, relapse prevention, and psychosocial interventions.
  • Ability to engage, support and challenge service users to enable progression towards recovery goals
  • Previous experience in a prison or secure setting.
  • Experience facilitating group work sessions related to substance misuse, recovery, or wellbeing.
  • Understanding of trauma-informed practice and strength-based approaches.
  • Awareness of safeguarding protocols and procedures for working with vulnerable adults.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Spectrum Community Health CIC

  Address

  HMP/YOI Styal

  Styal Road

  Wilmslow, Cheshire

  SK9 4HR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Spectrum Community Health CIC

  Address

  HMP/YOI Styal

  Styal Road

  Wilmslow, Cheshire

  SK9 4HR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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