Recovery Worker

The Role

The Role

DHI are recruiting a Recovery Worker to support clients within the South Gloucestershire area who are on one of our drug and alcohol recovery programmes. We are looking for people who can bring creativity and enthusiasm to supporting clients, helping them to make positive changes in their lives.

You will be joining an experienced Recovery Team that works hard to support each other, and to deliver an exceptional service to our clients.

As a Recovery Worker you will have the opportunity to work flexibly between home and DHI offices to support clients. The role is varied and as interesting and requires you to carry out support plans and risk assessments alongside other tasks.

A Driving Licence with access to a vehicle and willingness to use it for work travel is essential.

About You

We welcome applicants who are passionate about social justice, mental health and strengthening local communities. We encourage applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and/or mental health difficulties and from those living in local communities.

If you are flexible, resilient, and motivated to make a difference we would love to hear from you. Please see the job description and person specification to learn more.

Our Values

We are an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and our values underpin this.

If you share DHI’s values of flexibility, stimulation, self- direction and zest for life, then we encourage you to apply.

We look forward to exploring these with you during the interview process should you be successful at the shortlisting stage.

What We Offer

We offer on the job support and mentoring within the team for this role, as well as training with regard to drug and alcohol related topics that are relevant to the post.

As an employee of DHI, you will have also access to our Employee Assistance Programme, our Cycle Scheme, 26 days annual leave/ 31 days (service related), company pension theme and Charity Worker Discounts.

Next Steps

If you’d like to know more about the role contact: LWheeler@dhi-online.org.uk to arrange an informal discussion.

How to apply

To apply for this role please fill out our application form below by 22nd June 2026.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis, vacancies may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

All applicants are required to submit a covering letter that should address the following questions in no more than 500 words maximum.

1. State how you meet the requirements within the Person Specification

2. What do our core values mean to you in relation to this role?

We strongly encourage you to complete our Equality & Diversity monitoring form to help us achieve a diverse workforce. The form does not form part of the selection process. Please also tell us where you saw the post advertised.

Application form

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