Recovery Practitioner
Location: Hamoaze House, Mount Wise, Devonport, Plymouth PL1 4JQ
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,784.50 per year, with progression potential to £27,000 through the Recovery Practitioner developmental pay scale
Work location: In person
About Hamoaze House
Hamoaze House is a well-established Plymouth charity, operating since 2001. We provide a Structured Day Programme for adults recovering from drug and alcohol dependence, trauma and related life challenges.
Demand for our service has increased, and we are recruiting a Recovery Practitioner to support the delivery and continued development of our Adult Programme.
This is a relational role, but it is also a structured practice role. The successful applicant will need to combine compassion and emotional intelligence with reliability, professional boundaries, accurate recording and the ability to work within clear systems of support, safeguarding and accountability.
About the role
As a Recovery Practitioner, you will work directly with adults affected by drug and/or alcohol dependence, trauma and social disadvantage.
You will help people stabilise, build confidence, develop recovery skills, improve routines and engage meaningfully in a therapeutic community setting.
The role will include:
- delivering structured one-to-one recovery support
- supporting and facilitating group interventions
- providing harm-reduction advice and recovery-focused guidance
- helping people identify goals, risks, strengths and support needs
- contributing to recovery planning and review processes
- recording work clearly and accurately on organisational systems
- escalating safeguarding, risk and wellbeing concerns appropriately
- working as part of a team to maintain a safe, purposeful and consistent therapeutic environment
- supporting the development of structure, routine and community responsibility within the programme
Many people using our service have experienced trauma, exclusion, instability or repeated service failure. We therefore work within a trauma-focused, psychologically informed environment that prioritises safety, consistency, dignity, accountability and meaningful human connection.
Salary and progression
The starting salary for this role is £24,784.50 per year.
The role sits within the Hamoaze House Recovery Practitioner developmental pay scale, with progression potential to £27,000 per year as the practitioner develops in the role.
What we are looking for
We are looking for someone who is calm, compassionate, reliable and professionally curious.
You do not need to arrive as a drug and alcohol specialist, but you do need relevant experience working with people and the willingness to develop specialist knowledge.
Essential criteria
- At least 3 years’ experience in a relevant people-centred support role
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work calmly with complexity, distress and challenging behaviour
- Willingness to deliver structured one-to-one and group interventions
- Ability to work effectively within a team and therapeutic setting
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365
- Ability to keep accurate records and follow agreed procedures
- Commitment to safeguarding, professional boundaries and reflective practice
- Willingness to learn and develop within the role
- Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check
Desirable criteria
- Experience in drug and alcohol services
- Experience in mental health, homelessness, criminal justice, social care, housing, community work, peer support or recovery settings
- Experience facilitating groups
- Understanding of trauma-informed or psychologically informed practice
- Experience using case-management or client-recording systems
What we offer
- Work within a trauma-focused, psychologically informed service
- The opportunity to practise within a therapeutic community model
- Regular supervision and professional development
- A developmental pay scale
- Supportive colleagues and a purposeful working environment
- Positive feedback from people who use the service
- A role with meaningful impact in Plymouth
Benefits
- Company pension
- Sick pay
- Bereavement leave
- Discounted lunch
- Free parking
- Health and wellbeing programme
How to apply
Please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how your experience relates to the person specification.
This is an in-person role based at Hamoaze House, Mount Wise, Devonport, Plymouth.
Pay: From £24,784.50 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Experience:
- relevant people-centred support role: 3 years (required)
Work Location: In person
