Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner

Forward Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A community mental health charity in Leeds is seeking an Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner. This role involves providing holistic support to adults with multiple needs, managing a service user caseload, and conducting outreach work to improve engagement with essential services. Candidates should have a strong understanding of interventions in mental health, be able to work flexibly, and have a valid driving license. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

27 days’ annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Life assurance

Enhanced sick pay

Professional fee reimbursement

Discounts and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with multiple needs.
• Knowledge of interventions relating to drug/alcohol treatment.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary working.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic support to adult service users.
• Manage a caseload and review ongoing care and treatment.
• Conduct home visits and assist clients with appointments.

Skills

Motivational Interviewing

Psychosocial Interventions

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Harm reduction

Excellent communication skills

Education

Driving licence and access to a vehicle

Job description

Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner page is loaded## Enhanced Care Recovery Practitionerlocations: Forward Leeds - Kirkgatetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 7 Days Agojob requisition id: JR009993**Enhanced Care Recovery Practitioner - Forward Leeds****Location:** 74 Kirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ **Working Hours:** 37 hours, Monday-Friday **Contract Type:** Permanent **Salary:** £25,110 - £32,090 per annum*Please note: The salary listed reflects the full earning potential for this role. Starting salaries depend on experience and progression within the band.***About Waythrough**Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.**Make a real difference in your community****About the Role**As an Enhanced Care team Recovery Coordinator, you will be employed by Waythrough to support higher need service users who are unable to progress their timeframe due to their multiple-needs. Multiple needs include but not limited to; chronic physical health, comorbidities, financial issues, memory/cognitive impairment, age, housing, limited social support and other multi-agency support needs.This is an interesting and rewarding role where you will have the flexibility to complete greater levels of outreach and go to service users to reduce barriers to engagement, support them to engage with specialist services, bring the intensive support and interventions to the individuals and enhance positive outcomes through this flexible working.**What You’ll Do**The post holder will provide holistic support to adult service users to support their drug / alcohol treatment. Key roles and responsibilities include:* Assess and engage with those individuals identified to have multiple needs who require a more flexible way of working including outreach support to reduce identified barriers to engagement with mainstream support in a service setting due to their identified additional needs.* Manage a service user caseload and review on going care and treatment liaising closely with the full range of specialist workers within the multi-agency team, including family members and significant others, as appropriate.* The role will include but is not restricted to conducting home visits, supporting clients to appointments with various services/specialisms as well as meeting individuals in the community.* To exercise excellent communication skills and therapeutic skills when dealing with Service Users, Carers, and Caring agencies.* To work closely and in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team from across the Forward Leeds partnership and externally providing advice and guidance to managers and other colleagues, through attendance at reviews, team meetings and group supervision and via the telephone.**To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need:*** You will have a passion for making a difference and fair chances for all should be at the core of everything you do.* You will have knowledge and understanding of interventions, including brief interventions Motivational Interviewing, Psychosocial Interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Harm reduction and multi-disciplinary working.* **A driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.****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**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: **[e-mail]**Closing Date:2026-03-31**Waythrough** launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship.Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Richmond Fellowship’ or ‘Aquarius’ (our subsidiary charity in the Midlands). Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Humankind job site**Aquarius**Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough. Aquarius is a Midlands-based charity supporting individuals to overcome the harms caused by drugs, alcohol and gambling. Aquarius has always held the view that people we support could resolve their problems with support and guidance and that people have the ability to find their own solutions to their problems. Our roles across the organisation include Practitioners and Administrators as well as Team Managers.Find out more at