Recovery Worker - Supported Housing (Liverpool)

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• Derwent Square

• time type
• Full time

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• Posted Today

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• JR011295

Recovery Worker  – Supported Housing (Liverpool)

Location: 8 Derwent Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, L13 6QTWorking Hours: 37 hours per weekContract Type: PermanentSalary: £24,243 - £28,930 per annum

Please note: The salary listed reflects the full earning potential for this role. Starting salaries depend on experience and progression within the band. 

About Waythrough 

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.

Make a real difference in your community 

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.

Key Duties include:

• To support the people using our services to achieve their life goals and improve their quality of life.
• To work on both practical and emotional life skills towards independent living/ greater independence.
• To assist with the safe and successful daily running of the service including housing management related tasks.
• To work as part of a team towards agreed service/contract targets.
• To work as part of a team to provide a service in line with the organisation’s mission and values.

• Waythrough Services range from 24-hour residential care with nursing to floating support in peoples own homes. Some require evenings, weekends, nightshifts (waking or sleeping) and on-calls.

The people we support are central to everything we do. Each person who uses our services – residents or clients – is a unique individual and they all deserve to be treated as such.  Derwent Square is a 24 hour Supporting Housing for those experiencing mental health difficulties. Often multiple and complex needs will arise, and you may need to be able to support in some of these areas also. As such, your responsibilities may vary from day to day.

Support people who access the service:

• Manage and improve their own physical and mental well-being and health.

• Develop independent life-skills including budgeting, money management, tenancy sustainment, access to public services, further education and/or employment and living well in the community.
• Live more fulfilling lives and develop new meanings and purposes.
• Take control over their life, through their own choices and decisions.
• Work in partnership with the service to provide feedback/complaints and suggestions identifying practical solutions to any barriers.
• Maintaining their property, being able to manage repairs and keep the environment clean and tidy.
• Encourage group attendance.

Ensure the safe running of the service:

• Assess resident wellbeing and welfare on an ongoing basis.
• Assess and manage a range of risks within the service as a dynamic process.
• Keep our service compliant with legal regulations in housing, health and safety and safeguarding, including carrying out daily, weekly and monthly checks in these areas.
• Compliance with GDPR practises, ensuring confidentiality and information sharing are foremost.
• Follow the correct policies and escalation processes for health and safety, incident management and safeguarding.
• Keep up to date in day-to-day repairs and maintenance requirements in line with policy and procedure.
• To support with inventories on properties and ensuring these are completed on admission, discharge and move on.
• Provide a safe, respectful environment.
• Undertaking cleaning activities to ensure a positive environment e.g. at void changeover etc.
• Work in line with Waythrough’s Code of Conduct to maintain safe professional boundaries.
• Take part in backup procedures.
• Take part in a rota which will include weekend, evening and overnight shifts.
• Oversee medication in line with Waythrough’s policy and procedure.
• Support at other sites to ensure their safe running.

Keywork:

• Oversee support...

Homelessness Recovery Worker

Job Introduction

At Turning Point we provide services across the whole country which delivers end to end drug and alcohol treatment and support, family services, housing advice and support for those in contact with the criminal justice system, needle exchange system, and custody outreach. We are a specialist in delivering whole treatment system approaches across cities and county areas, which has led to the reduction in people falling through gaps between services and delivers improved outcomes.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Horizons, a vibrant new partnership delivering substance use treatment and recovery services in Bristol. Horizons is delivered in partnership between Turning Point, Bristol Drugs Project, and seven other local and national partners. The partnership combines Turning Point’s experience as an outstanding national substance use provider together with Bristol Drugs Project’s long history of excellent service delivery in the city.

As a Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker based in our Homelessness team, and working across our three hubs in North, South and Central Bristol, you'll make a real difference in the community and to their lives as you develop the personal, flexible and realistic support packages they need to help turn things around.

The salary scale for our Recovery Worker roles is between £25,870 - £30,265. See our full salary scale below. Starting salary will be dependant on experience with annual pay progression up to scale point

You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey and clearly defined career pathways that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Whether you are looking to progress into a management and leadership role or to be a specialist in your field as an Advanced Substance Use Practitioner at Turning point we will support and encourage you on your career journey.

Role Responsibility

The successful candidate will support the Homelessness Team in taking a hands-on approach to reducing drug related harm in Bristol. This will include managing a case load of clients seeking harm reduction advice, Opiate Substitution Therapy (OST) and/or Tier 4 (in-patient) treatment.

You will spend much of your time working alongside key partners so the ability to manage relationships with housing services, primary care and mental health services, are essential.

The successful candidate will work in partnership with the wider Bristol Horizons teams in delivering the ambitions of the Horizons service. To do this you must be organised, resilient, focused, able to work in a team or independently, have good communication skills, and be innovative in your approach.

As well as the responsibility of having a case load, your regular duties will include:

• Providing harm reduction interventions such as Naloxone, needle exchange and Blood Bourne Virus (BBV) Testing
• Street Outreach
• Hostel Inreach

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to play an integral role in a new and developing service.

The Ideal Candidate

Having handled a significant caseload in a busy environment as a Recovery Worker, Outreach Worker or similar, you'll have a deep understanding of substance use and homelessness. It's an extremely varied role, so flexibility and knowledge of relapse and other barriers to treatment will be vital.

Completing assessments with new service users, delivering key working sessions, compiling risk assessments and risk management plans, care planning and reduction plans are just some of the varied duties you will be providing.

Excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook etc. are essential for this role. Holding a full driving licence and having access to a car is desirable.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive...

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:   LiveLife Project Coordinator

Location:    Based at one of the Lingen Davies Cancer Support offices in either

Shrewsbury or Telford, as agreed.

Working across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales, with
specific responsibility for the Telford component of the Shropshire,
Telford & Wrekin Cancer Champions project, with significant travel in
the area.

Hours:

Full time (37.5hours) or 08.FTE (30 hours) per week. Hours will usually
be worked between 7.30am and 6pm to meet the needs of the
organisation. Flexible working times as well as evening and weekend
work will be required.

Main Purpose of the Role

Delivering our community health engagement work, with a primary focus on cancer
awareness raising to address health inequalities (early diagnosis, cancer screening
and prevention), using a range of activities and settings to effectively engage with
the public and target communities. This work is focussed in two areas:

•  Cancer Champions Project (focus on Telford). Working in partnership

colleagues, along with NHS Shropshire Telford &Wrekin, and Qube, to deliver
and maintain the Telford component of the project.

•  LiveLife community cancer awareness programme. Our Lingen Davies
community health promotion initiative, bringing cancer awareness to
communities across the region.

These programmes of work are overlapping and complimentary, utilising the same
community approaches and networks to engage our target audiences. The post will
join the current LiveLife team, working with colleagues to ensure the projects are
delivered across the region.

Both projects aim to:

a) positively contribute to the NHS England goal of 75 % of cancer
cases diagnosed at stage 1 or 2 by 2028

b) increase cancer screening uptake in communities where this is low
and to raise awareness of symptoms that should prompt presentation
to health care providers.

The post holder will utilise existing community networks and contacts to recruit,
support and develop a network of community champions, and deliver LiveLife cancer
awareness sessions across the region.

Lingen Davies Cancer Support | December 2025

KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROGRAMME DELIVERY

•  Work collaboratively within the team colleagues to deliver a programme of
LiveLife community cancer awareness activities, proving health promotion
information to engage the public at a diverse range of community events and
venues.

•  Contribute to the delivery of a Cancer Champions training programme.
•  Contribute to the maintenance and development of LiveLife and Cancer
champion resources, such as websites, videos and cancer information
sessions

•  Support our Cancer Champions through access to resources and networking
so they can share current, relevant information with their peers and experts
(face to face and virtual)

•  Engage with communities, particularly population groups with the highest

cancer burden through both Live Life and the Cancer Champion projects to

o  promote and support people to take up cancer screening programmes.
o

increase awareness of the symptoms of cancer and signpost to
services and support, building health literacy and personal agency,
o  work to understand views and perceptions of communities regarding

cancer, cancer screening and prevention.

•  Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of cancer information, screening

programmes and local health outcomes, ensuring that our activities are
relevant and targeted in appropriate communities.

•  Communicate effectively with a wide range of people in order to build and

sustain effective and positive relationships across public, private, community
and voluntary sectors, to develop relationships and joint working in support of
LiveLife projects

•  Capture Cancer Champions feedback and experience understanding through

our project governance system to generate better understanding of our
communities, and how to improve cancer awareness and prevention projects.
Collect relevant information to support the development of the project and to
influence the development of local cancer services.

VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT

•  Recruit, support and manage a diverse range of cancer champions from

within communities and organisations. Support them through regular contact,
training and advice.

•  Embed the Cancer Champions project into Lingen Davies’ LiveLife cancer

awareness event programme.

•  Support LiveLife volunteers as and when required.

Lingen Davies Cancer Support | December 2025

WORKING WITH OTHERS

•  Develop contacts with relevant stakeholders, including local NHS and
government bodies, charities, community groups and businesses

•  Liaise regularly with relevant colleagues and partners:

o to ensure implementation of project activities are on track and to ensure the
impact of work is appropriately monitored and reported
o in relation to any public-facing or communications aspects of each LiveLife
health promotion activity, or partnership

•  Link local engageme...

Recruitment Pack

Children’s Worker (2/3 FTE) &

Families / Adults Worker (1/3 FTE)

St Andrew the Great is seeking to appoint a Children’s Worker to oversee ministry amongst
0-11s. This is an opportunity for a Bible-loving and well-organised Christian man or woman to
work  prayerfully  with  a  range  of  leaders  to  support  evangelism  and  discipleship  amongst
children, in partnership with parents.

At the same time, we are also seeking to appoint a Families / Adults Worker to participate in
ministry amongst ‘city’ adults (this covers parents and other adults who are not part of HUB
/  iHUB  /  Focus  ministries).  This  is  an  opportunity  for  a  Bible-loving  and  well-organised
Christian man or woman to work prayerfully with a range of leaders to support evangelism
and discipleship amongst adults.

Applications may be made to either one of these posts, or both together.

About us

St  Andrew  the  Great  (StAG)  has  a  diverse  congregation  which  reflects  our  location  in
Cambridge city centre. We mainly comprise four groups of people: undergraduates, 20-30s,
internationals, and ‘city’ members (adults who are not part of the other groups, plus under-
18s). That said, our motto for all we do is the same:

The gospel to Cambridge; gospel workers to the world.

As a church, we depend upon God in prayer and put teaching the Bible at the heart of all we
do as we believe it equips us with all we need in living for His glory. In the past 25 years, there
have been three church “grafts” to other local parishes and, most recently, a church plant to
Huntingdon in 2018. We are a member of ReNew, and the PCC has passed a resolution in line
with the House of Bishops’ declaration and receives additional oversight from the Bishop of
Ebbsfleet.

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About the Children’s Worker role

The vision for our children’s work is that children would grow in a real and personal faith in
the Lord Jesus; we do this by supporting parents in their ministry to their children as the
primary Bible teachers and through faithful, engaging Bible teaching to the children in an
age-appropriate way on Sundays when the church family gathers.

StAG has over 140 under 11s in the church family, and we’ll typically see 90-100 at one of
our six children’s groups & three creches over our two Sunday morning services.

The role holder will work under the immediate oversight of the Associate Vicar and will have
administrative oversight of all the 0-11s children’s ministry as well as responsibility for all
the Bible teaching that happens within it.

Responsibilities for the Children’s Worker

There are three areas of focus: Bible teaching and evangelism, caring for and training
leaders, and partnering with parents.

1.  Bible teaching and evangelism

•  Developing a robust and effective curriculum and accompanying resources.
•  Planning the teaching for children’s groups and writing session briefs.
•  Growing, adapting or improving opportunities for regular outreach which currently

includes Christmas parties as well as a one-day holiday-club-style evangelistic event.
•  Depending on experience and aptitude, planning the teaching for the children's talk

slots in our Sunday morning services and coaching speakers before and after
delivery.

•  Depending on experience and aptitude, contributing to all age services, which might

include occasional preaching.

•  Speaking at events for local schools, such as Christian Unions and events in the

church building.

2.  Overseeing leaders

•  Recruiting, training and supporting leaders in teaching the Bible to children.
•  Maintaining excellent standards in safeguarding.
•  Running and coordinating training sessions for leaders, including at the monthly

prayer meeting for children’s leaders.

•  Setting an example of teaching and engaging with children.
•  Supporting the groups in giving effective feedback to one another.
•  Organising and managing volunteer rotas for crèches, actions and additional helpers

for Sunday groups and other possible one-off events (e.g. Day Away).

•  Pastoral care and support for leaders through regular meetings and catch ups
•  Connecting with the wider youth and children’s ministry scene in Cambridge, East

Anglia, and the Southeast of England, to give and receive support in youth ministry.

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3.  Partnering with parents

•  Partnering with families to understand how the StAG children’s ministry can best
support them including meeting with the parents’ advisory group once a term.
•  Maintaining and developing opportunities to envision and equip families in their

family discipleship (e.g. Families Together Lunch, termly training, joint leaders and
parents prayer meetings)

•  Promoting partnership between parents and leaders through communication

channels, socials, hosting, culture-setting, etc.

•  Regular prayer for StAG families.

Responsibilities for Families / Adults Worker

This is a new role where the scope will be shaped by the succe...