Social Worker - substance misuse community teams

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 12 days at 08:59 BST.

The Vacancy

Join a Team That Changes Lives For more than 40 years, the Alcohol & Drug Service (ADS), a registered charity, has been helping people overcome the challenges of drug and alcohol misuse, supporting individuals, families, and communities to build healthier, brighter futures.

About Aspire Aspire is a long-standing partnership between ADS and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), bringing together the expertise of both the voluntary sector and NHS services. Led by experienced clinical professionals, including consultant leadership, Aspire combines compassionate, person-centred support with high-quality clinical care.

For over 20 years, the partnership has delivered innovative and effective drug and alcohol services across local communities. Working closely with recovery communities, Aspire is committed to providing flexible, responsive, and recovery-focused services that empower people to achieve lasting positive change.

An Exciting Time to Join the Sector The drug and alcohol field is experiencing significant investment and development, creating exciting opportunities for career progression, innovation, and professional growth.

Our Community Teams are at the heart of the service, providing long-term case management and support for adults experiencing issues with substance use. Through a strong key-working and care-planning approach, the teams deliver personalised support, specialist prescribing interventions, and harm reduction services, helping people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives within their communities.

About You We are keen to hear from qualified and registered Social Workers who have experience of, or a genuine interest in, supporting people affected by substance misuse.

For newly qualified Social Workers, we proudly support the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme, providing a strong foundation for your career development.

Informal Discussion To arrange an informal conversation about the role, please contact Claire Beevers on 03000 213 900.

Interview Information Interviews will be held in Doncaster on 14 July 2026.

Please note: Successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK before commencing employment.

What We Offer In return for your skills and commitment, ADS offers: • Salary of £26682- £32559, dependent on experience • Generous annual leave entitlement: o 29 days per year o Rising to 31 days after 2 years' service o Rising to 34 days after 5 years' service o Plus, Public Holidays • Attractive pension scheme with a 6% employer contribution • Health Scheme • Tailored training and development opportunities aligned to your personal learning plan • Enhanced sick pay • The opportunity to join ADS during a period of exciting growth and transformation

Find out more about our employee benefits at: https://adsbenefits-uk.org/benefits

Make a Real Difference Working at ADS is more than just a job—it's an opportunity to transform lives. Every day, you'll help individuals and families affected by substance misuse take positive steps towards recovery, independence, and wellbeing.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. ADS is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We promote fairness, equality, and respect for all employees, applicants, and service users.

About ADS

For over 30 years, we have delivered effective interventions in towns and cities. We’ve helped thousands of local people on the road to recovery, across Humberside, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, as we help the national strategy on a local basis.

The Alcohol & Drug Service is a charity (Registered Charity 1108595; and a Company Limited by Guarantee, Company No. 05375809). The majority of our funding comes through contracts with statutory commissioners such as Local Authorities and the NHS, but we receive valuable income from charitable grants and individual fundraising efforts which supports many of our most innovative services. We are governed by a Board of Trustees.

We ensure that the organisation is run well and we are a part of the Investors in People scheme, a quality framework which is independently audited. We currently hold the Silver award.

But, even though we’ve been transforming the lives of people affected by drugs or alcohol misuse for over 30 years, some people may not have heard of us. This is because we always work in partnership – and often deliver our services and projects which have their own names/identities.

Our Values

We believe that honesty underpins all that we do. We seek to improve our services and in order to identify lessons we must be honest with ourselves regarding our performance.

We believe that trust is the foundation of an effective partnership approach and that partnership is the defining characteristic of our relationship with service users, employees and those who purchase services from us.

We believe that there is strength in diversity and that through embracing diversity new solutions and innovations are born.

We believe that in order to encourage diversity fairness, a non-judgemental approach and transparency are vital.

We believe that our sole raison d’être is to deliver effective services to service users and carers.

We believe that no two people are the same, as a result personalised solutions are required and to achieve this people must be treat as individuals and services must be flexible in meeting their needs.

We believe that with the right support service users are able to identify and implement changes which will enhance their lives.

We believe that evidence based services that are continuously developing in the light of experience produce the most effective outcomes for service users.

We believe that the effective use of resources and a value for money approach will maximise the number of service users we are able to support.

We believe that the best services are delivered by people who care about what they do.

We believe that hope and belief are nurtured in others when they encounter people who care.

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As defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The Alcohol and Drug Service is the Data Controller and ultimately responsible for ensuring the data you provide is kept secure, processed correctly and that you understand your legal rights in relation to the data you provide.

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Details you provide in this application:

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Will be held and may be used to contact you about other vacancies

We will store your application data for 12 months after the vacancy has closed. After this period, it will be fully anonymised.

BACKGROUND CHECKS

If you are successful through the application stage, as part of our pre-employment checks, we will perform a number of background checks. We use North Yorkshire County Council to handle your data in order to complete the checks on our behalf [provider]. For information on their privacy policy, please visit their website https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/privacy-notices

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REFERENCES

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You have the following rights in relation to the way in which we deal with your personal data:

the right of erasure or to be forgotten

the right to rectification if information is inaccurate or out of date

the right of data portability (to obtain and reuse your personal data)

the right to object to networx and the controller and processors handling of your personal data

the right to withdraw your consent with regards to the handling of your personal data

you have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (Subject Access Request - S.A.R)

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority - the ICO

Within your candidate account, you can also use the Download Data feature to generate an XML file of the current data we hold on you that you have provided and/or have access to within the account.

Where you exercise your right to object or withdraw your consent we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by law or regulatory requirements to do so. In such a case, we will not process more personal data than is required under the circumstances.

If you are not satisfied by our actions, you can seek recourse through our internal complaints procedure. If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to refer the matter to the Information Commissioner (www.ico.org.uk) or seek recourse through the courts.

The Alcohol and Drug Service can exercise the right to update this policy as and when required.

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