Location: HMP Northumberland, Wansbeck Road, Morpeth, NE65 9XG
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £25,877.80 - £34,240.03
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
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 – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.
About the Role:
We’re excited to offer an opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator to join our team at HMP Northumberland.
This is a rewarding and varied role where you’ll support people in custody who are affected by drug and alcohol use, helping them to engage with treatment and make positive changes throughout their recovery journey.
Taking a person-centred and holistic approach, you’ll provide a range of interventions, from brief interventions and initial assessments through to structured treatment and group-based support.
You’ll work with individuals to understand their needs, strengths and aspirations, developing personalised recovery plans that reflect their individual circumstances and goals.
You’ll manage your own caseload, building positive and trusting relationships with the people you support while helping them address the challenges associated with substance use and develop the skills and confidence needed to sustain their recovery.
Working within a prison environment, you’ll collaborate closely with colleagues, prison staff and external partner agencies to ensure individuals receive coordinated support.
You’ll also play an important role in supporting transitions from custody into the community, helping people access appropriate treatment, services and ongoing recovery support.
Every day brings an opportunity to make a difference, helping people recognise their potential, overcome barriers and take positive steps towards a healthier and more independent future.
What You’ll Do:
Manage an allocated caseload, developing, implementing and regularly reviewing personalised recovery and treatment plans.
Carry out triage, screening and comprehensive assessments to identify individual needs, strengths, risks and recovery goals.
Deliver a range of person-centred interventions, including brief interventions, structured treatment and group-based support.
Support individuals at different stages of their recovery journey, from initial engagement through to structured treatment and sustained recovery.
Build positive, trusting and professional relationships that encourage engagement and support meaningful change.
Work collaboratively with colleagues, prison staff and partner agencies to coordinate effective support and promote positive outcomes.
Take a holistic approach to recovery, recognising the wider factors that can affect an individual's health, wellbeing and ability to make positive changes.
Support individuals to access appropriate treatment, health, wellbeing, housing, education, employment and community resources.
Promote recovery and social inclusion, helping individuals build positive relationships, develop resilience and increase their recovery capital.
Support individuals to prepare for key transitions, including transfer or release from custody, ensuring appropriate onward referrals and continuity of care.
Work closely with community-based services and partner agencies to support individuals as they move…