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Recovery Worker

Essex
Part-time
14th June 2026
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Recovery Worker

Recovery Worker Essex SCFT

Are you passionate about recovery? We’re looking for a talented individual to join our specialist, ground breaking Community Forensic Team to improve the lives of users of our service in the Forensic mental health system.

The role requires travel across Essex therefore a drivers license and car is essential

The Role

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working within the Health & Social care field. You will be highly skilled in working in an intensive multi agency way to support clients to manage their risk and improve outcomes. You will need to be passionate about recovery and work with clients to support, motivate and manage them to access a wide variety of services. This role has a Billericay Base with the view to travel across Essex therefor a drivers license and car is essential

You will support individuals to access support in the community instead of in secure hospitals to improve quality of life, reduce inequality, and give hope to people who may have been detained for many years. You will play a pivotal role in supporting individuals to transition out of secure settings and accessing services in the community.

Other organisations may call this role or similar; Support Worker, Recovery Worker, Liaison Worker, Recovery coordinator

About You

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Your Reward

 About Us

Specialist Forensic Community Team is a service delivered by the Phoenix Futures Group in collaboration with NHS. Phoenix Futures is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment nationally. We have a passion for recovery and believe in supporting our staff and volunteers to be the best they can. Within Essex specifically Phoenix Futures have an excellent reputation in supporting and improving outcomes for Individuals with Complex Needs.

We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

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