Drug and Alcohol Worker

**Salary: £25,110 - £32,090 per annum (Grade C)**

**Contract Type: Permanent**

**Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire**

**Make a real difference in your community**

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier and more independent lives?

Join **Waythrough**, one of the UK’s leading mental health and social support charities, and make a lasting impact every day.

Location: Augment Community Workspace, Second Floor, 49 High Street, Skipton BD23 1DT

We support over 125,000 people each year through our 200 services, empowering individuals to overcome challenges around mental health, housing, and substance use.

**About the Role**

North Yorkshire Horizons is a service made up of several key partners including Waythrough, enabling the development of a peer led, recovery community. Providing a safe environment in which people can develop the life skills, and confidence to achieve and maintain recovery and abstinence from their substance misuse, successfully re-integrate into society, and become active, contributing citizens.

As directed by the Project Manager, the post holder will be an integral member of the dynamic multi agency team developing and delivering comprehensive and tailored individual interventions that will include delivery of a full range of structured, psychosocial and clinical support. The post calls for close co-operation with other professionals such as GP’s, practice nurses and pharmacists and will involve delivering clinics from host environments/GP practices.

**What You’ll Do**
- Working autonomously to manage a caseload of service users, including delivering a range of psychosocial interventions.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake ongoing assessments, risk assessments, and appropriate referrals within the community.
- Facilitating group sessions with a range of individuals of varying backgrounds.
- Working with partnership agencies to ensure continuity of care and support.
- Providing duty cover for individuals accessing our services.

**To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need**:

- Experience of managing a caseload.
- Knowledge and/or experience of substance misuse.
- Experience supporting vulnerable people, whose lives have been affected by alcohol and/or drug use.
- A relevant qualification in Health and Social Care.
- Able to use Microsoft Office programmes efficiently.

**About Waythrough**

Formed in 2024 through the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship, Waythrough is now one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.

With 3,500 staff and volunteers across more than 200 services, we help people to live full, meaningful lives.

Some roles may still appear under our legacy brands (Humankind, Richmond Fellowship, Aquarius) while we complete our integration — but wherever you join us, you’ll be part of one supportive team, sharing one purpose.

**What We Offer**

We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:

- 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
- Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
- Life assurance (3× annual salary)
- Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly pay
- Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave
- Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
- 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
- Recognition and long service awards via our _Way to Go_ and _Aspirations_ portals
- £500 _Recommend a Friend_ bonus
- Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
- Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good
- Free will writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year

**Inclusion and Accessibility**

**How to Apply**
- Please note: The salary listed reflects the full earning potential for this role. Starting salaries depend on experience and progression within the band._

**To apply**:**

**Key dates**

Closing date: 09 November 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed
- North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertises vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC is not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accepts no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party._

**Drug and Alcohol Worker**

**Salary**:£25,110 - £32,090 per annum

**Posted**:22/10/2025

**Closing date**:09/11/2025

**Closing time**:23:59