Key Worker (Substance Misuse)

Role:                  Key Worker (Substance Misuse)
Based:               East Midlands
Salary:              £26,500 - £31,400 per annum (dependent on experience)
Start Date:      ASAP – July/ August 2026
Contract:         Permanent
Hours:               35 hours per week

Are you passionate about helping people rebuild their lives?
Do you want to make a real difference by supporting individuals affected by drug and alcohol use to achieve lasting recovery?

Our client, a leading national harm reduction and social justice charity, is expanding its new East Midlands based Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services. They are looking for compassionate and motivated Key Workers to join their dedicated team.

This is an exciting opportunity to support people through some of the most challenging periods of their lives, empowering them to reduce harm, improve their wellbeing and build sustainable recovery. Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you'll deliver person-centred interventions that genuinely change lives.

About the Role

As a Key Worker, you will manage your own caseload, building trusted relationships with individuals accessing the service and supporting them throughout their recovery journey.

Working in a trauma-informed and person-centred way, you'll deliver high-quality interventions, reduce risk, promote wellbeing and work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure people receive the right support at the right time.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing a caseload and delivering tailored one-to-one interventions and support
• Completing triage, comprehensive assessments, risk assessments and person-centred care plans
• Delivering harm reduction advice and interventions, including naloxone and needle exchange
• Supporting individuals to access prescribing, detoxification and wider treatment pathways
• Identifying and responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns in line with local and national guidance
• Facilitating recovery-focused group sessions and promoting peer and mutual aid support
• Working collaboratively with partner agencies to deliver holistic, person-centred care
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records using the case management system
• Undertaking outreach work to engage individuals who may find it difficult to access services

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• Experience working with individuals affected by drug and alcohol use or other vulnerable groups (including those engaged with Criminal Justice or Mental Health Services)
• Experience delivering one-to-one interventions and/or group work within health, social care or support services
• Knowledge of harm reduction principles and substance misuse treatment approaches
• A strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management and trauma-informed practice
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Confident working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Benefits of working with our client:

• Join a respected national charity making a genuine difference to people's lives
• Be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering life-changing services
• Access ongoing training, supervision and professional development opportunities
• Work within an organisation that values compassion, inclusion and continuous learning
• Help shape a new service and positively impact individuals, families and communities across the East Midlands

If you're looking for a rewarding career where every conversation matters, every success is celebrated and every day brings the opportunity to change someone's future, we'd love to hear from you.

For more information, please call the team on (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Ria or email her your CV at (url removed)

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.