Recovery Support Volunteer

East Sussex - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We value our volunteers and seek to ensure their diverse roles are rewarding and beneficial to all. Waythrough holds the Investors in Volunteers accreditation.

BetterLives is the commissioned community drug and alcohol provision for Islington. It provides a range of support interventions and treatments for those wanting to make positive changes to their drug and/or alcohol use as well raising awareness and supporting family members.

The role:

Volunteer Recovery Workers play a key part in supporting clients to engage with services develop their strengths and work toward their personal recovery goals. This role is ideal for volunteers who want to gain experience in frontline support develop therapeutic and communication skills and contribute to improving outcomes for individuals navigating complex challenges.

Core tasks:

Supporting existing service users in their recovery journey.
Facilitate or cofacilitate structured activities workshops or group programmes.
Participate in relevant induction mandatory and ongoing training sessions.
To assist workers client appointments where appropriate.
Establish therapeutic relationships with clients.
Refer and signpost to specialist agencies when required by workers
Share own skills/experience.

Skills/qualities we would like you to bring to the role:

We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds and especially value lived experience. For this role we are looking for:

Empathy reliability and a nonjudgemental approach.
Good communication and active listening skills.
Confidence or willingness to work with people experiencing substance use offending behaviour trauma and/or mental health challenges.
Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.
Commitment to reflective practice and engaging in supervision.
Basic IT skills and willingness to learn new systems.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Good organisational skills and punctuality.
Understanding of how life experiences can affect wellbeing.
A genuine interest in Waythroughs mission values and approach.

Lived experience is welcomed but not required.

About Waythrough

Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together weve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.

Every year we support around 125000 people through nearly 200 services and its all made possible by our 3500 brilliant staff and volunteers.

Make a real difference in your community

Are you passionate about helping others live safer healthier more independent lives Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health substance use housing or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job its a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.

What We Offer

We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work youll enjoy:

Discounts from various schemes
Training and personal development
A chance to make a real difference in peoples lives
Free induction and role-specific training
Support from experienced staff and regular supervision
Opportunities to meet new people and develop your confidence
Reimbursement for travel and agreed expenses
Valuable experience that can support your personal or career development

Inclusion and accessibility

Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.

We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme - all applicants are welcome and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.

If you need adjustments or support to apply please email our recruitment team:

How to apply

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Please note that while this role has a stated closing date we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a high number of applications.

Closing date:

We value our volunteers and seek to ensure their diverse roles are rewarding and beneficial to all. Waythrough holds the Investors in Volunteers accreditation.BetterLives is the commissioned community drug and alcohol provision for Islington. It provides a range of support interventions and treatmen...