Jobs
Join us. We are always looking for great people. We have a range of roles in our service across the spectrum of drug and alcohol work. We welcome applications from people who have lived experience of issues with alcohol and/or drugs. Please keep checking back as we add new roles all the time.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Exceptional support, training and development
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
Current Vacancies
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Employment Specialist
Contract type: Fixed Term
Salary: £25,110 - £32,090
Closing Date: 26 February 2026
You will manage a caseload of clients of people in structured treatment for drug and/ or alcohol use to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
You will work as part of a community drug and alcohol treatment service, maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.
Core Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of around 25 clients in structured treatment for substance use who are motivated to start/return to work.
- Deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach for which training will be given.
- Meet and support clients to understand their key skills, aspirations and goals through completing a Vocational Profile and produce an Action Plan to help them obtain and sustain competitive employment. This includes support with their job search, CV production, application forms, interview techniques and career development.
- Assess client support needs related to work which may include benefits/welfare advice, disclosure of mental health symptoms etc, and provide support & guidance.
- Attend weekly clinical team meetings as an embedded IPS practitioner.
- Source job opportunities for clients through tailored job search and regular contact with local employers to explore hidden as well as advertised employment opportunities.
- Provide education and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments, return to work strategy and on-going contact with the employer to ensure job retention.
- Build relationships with colleagues in clinical teams to engage and generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships with clinical staff (promoting employment as a positive intervention in the recovery journey).
- Once employment has been secured continue to provide quality service through conducting regular visits, effective monitoring and in-work support to clients and employers to help sustain employment.
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Recovery Coordinator
Contract type: Fixed Term Maternity cover until January 2027
Salary: £25,110 - £32,090
Closing Date: 3 March 2026
As Recovery Coordinator you will work as part of a team to provide collaborative recovery planning and case management to substance misusers (drug and alcohol) across all stages of individuals’ recovery journeys, from assessment and engagement through to sustained recovery.
What You’ll Do
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies to undertake shared assessments, key working and interventions to promote individual service user progression from engagement, through structured treatment to self-sustained recovery
- Manage a service user caseload, devising, implementing and reviewing on-going recovery plans and treatment, liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team, including family members and significant others as appropriate.
To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need:
- Knowledge of harm reduction approaches in relation to substance misuse (where relevant to post)
- Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP
- Carrying out assessment and recovery planning and risk management plans
- You will need a driving licence and access to car as this will be based in the community
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Aftercare Recovery Coordinator
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £25,110 - £32,090 (pro rata for 22 hours per week)
Closing Date: 24 February 2026
We have an exciting opportunity to join County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service.
This is a part time role as Aftercare Recovery Coordinator: Centre for Change Durham
We welcome you to apply for this exciting role if you are passionate about making a difference to our clients and can offer a compassionate and meaningful service to those you work with.
The County Durham service has recently been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC and is a great place to work.
What You’ll Do
- To deliver aftercare pathways and interventions within the service, ensuring provision is integrated and effective.
- To deliver online and face-to-face recovery groups, as well as one to one support. By taking a holistic approach to care, you will help individuals achieve wellness in all aspects of their lives –not just their substance use.
- Manage a service user caseload, reviewing on-going care and treatment and liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the multi-agency team, including family members and significant others as appropriate.
To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need:
- Relevant professional qualification e.g. addiction studies, counselling, social work, therapeutic qualification.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes
- Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP.
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Children and Young Person’s Intervention Worker
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £25,110 - £32,090
Closing Date: 25 February 2026
About the Role
- To work with children, young people and families reducing the harm of substance use to the individual, family and wider community.
- Working to ensure effective delivery of children, young people and family interventions and support within the full integrated service model.
- Working within the community
As a Children and Young Person’s intervention worker you’ll provide holistic support to children, young people and families as part of the wider County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service, including assessments, Recovery planning, PSI delivery, structured interventions and partnership working.
What You’ll Do
- Manage a service user caseload of children and young adults, reviewing on-going care and treatment (including clinical treatment for young adults), liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the multi-agency team.
- Use innovative and creative methods to engage children and young adults into the service and ensure retention throughout their journey, including transition to adult services.
- Exercise and promote the use of excellent communication and therapeutic skills when dealing with children, young adults and families.
To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need:
- Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP.
- Knowledge of harm reduction approaches in relation to substance misuse
- Working with models of service delivery and issues relating to recovery planning
- Full driving licence as the role requires working within the community
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Dual Diagnosis High Intensity Worker
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £25,110 - £32,090
Closing Date: 19 February 2026
As a Dual Diagnosis High Intensity Worker for County Durham Drug and Alcohol Services you will be supporting people living with co-occurring mental health disorder and a substance use disorder.
This support will include advocacy, assertive outreach within the community and supporting clients to appointments where necessary.
You will carry a small caseload and be part of a team which works in a holistic way to support individuals experiencing multiple disadvantage – specifically co-occurring mental health and substance misuse issues – to improve their circumstances.
Key accountabilities
– Build a rapport with dual diagnosis clients experiencing multiple disadvantage that enables you to develop the relationship required to be able to deliver a person-centred, holistic approach.
– Make decisions in the work, with the individual, to reduce risk and meet needs.
– Manage financial resources to enable you to enact the decision you make, with the individual, where current provision does not exist/is not available
– Convene multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings to ensure appropriate coordination of partner agency support to avoid service duplication or conflicting support offers to influence positive outcomes for individuals
– Build relationships with other support providers, services, partners and agencies, including statutory services.
Essential criteria
– NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or above or equivalent experience) or willing to work towards this in post.
– GCSE passes including Maths and English at Grades AC or Level 9-4, or equivalent level of experience within a similar environment
– Understanding of issues relating to multiple disadvantage
– Previously worked with individuals experiencing multiple disadvantages
– Demonstrable experience of putting the person first and seeking out the best way to support families or individuals to improve their current situation.
Please note due to the nature of this role, a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle is essential .