Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England. 

Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change. 

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated Drug and Alcohol Practitioner to support individuals receiving treatment for opiate use. In this role, you’ll manage a caseload, developing, implementing and reviewing personalised recovery and treatment plans.

You’ll provide 1:1 psychosocial interventions (PSI), brief interventions and holistic care planning to help people reduce harm and make lasting positive changes. Working collaboratively with partners and colleagues across the city, you’ll guide individuals from initial assessment through structured treatment, supporting their journey into recovery and onward care.

If you’re passionate about empowering others, promoting wellbeing and making a tangible difference in your community, we’d love to hear from you.

• →Manage a caseload of people whose primary substance is opiates, developing, implementing and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
• →Facilitate and promote individuals’ progression from initial assessment into structured treatment.
• →Provide 1:1 psychosocial interventions (PSI) and brief intervention support.
• →Complete care planning and risk assessment/management.
• →Take a whole-person, holistic approach, ensuring each person’s care considers all areas of their wellbeing.
• →Reduce substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
• →Work collaboratively with key partners and colleagues across the city-wide partnership to achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
• →Support people to make positive changes and achieve their treatment goals, with a view to entering recovery and transferring care to the recovery and aftercare team.

• Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP
• Knowledge of harm reduction approaches in relation to substance misuse
• Experience carrying out assessment and recovery planning and risk management plans
• Working with models of service delivery and issues relating to recovery planning
  

To view the full job and person specification please click here.

Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support. 

We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme  - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.

If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team: recruitmentteam@waythrough.org.uk 

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