Join the Scottish Recovery Consortium and Help Shape Recovery Across Scotland

Are you a passionate leader who believes in the power of communities, lived experience and recovery to transform lives?

We’re looking for a Community Recovery Lead to join our team. The role offers an exciting opportunity to join the Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC), Scotland's national recovery organisation, at a time of growth and opportunity.

Recovery is about far more than overcoming challenges. It is about hope, connection, belonging and creating opportunities for people, families and communities to flourish. At SRC, we work alongside people with lived and living experience to influence policy, strengthen communities, develop organisations and champion recovery as a force for positive social change.

What you will do

As our Community Recovery Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving this vision forward.

The Community Recovery Lead will provide strategic leadership and operational management to support the development of recovery-oriented communities across Scotland. The post holder will lead a team of staff and work collaboratively with people with lived and living experience, recovery communities, families, local and national partners, and statutory and third sector organisations to strengthen recovery pathways and create opportunities for individuals to thrive.

The role focuses on:

· Providing day-to-day line management, support and supervision to the Communities Team, including regular supervision, appraisal and development planning

· Providing strategic leadership for the development and growth of recovery communities and recovery-oriented initiatives across Scotland

· Developing, implementing and evaluating community-based recovery initiatives that promote inclusion, participation, wellbeing and long-term recovery

· Ensuring that lived and living experience remains central to all aspects of planning, delivery and decision-making

· Supporting recovery communities and lived experience recovery organisations to play a meaningful role in local and national developments

What you will bring

· A skilled, dynamic and motivated leader who can connect people, influence systems, support innovation and create the conditions for recovery communities, families and individuals to flourish

· Experience of working in a charity, community or health organisation

· Experience of managing staff

· Experience contributing to service development or system change

About us

The Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC) is a national intermediary organisation dedicated to supporting the development, growth and sustainability of recovery in Scotland. We work at individual, community, organisational and policy levels, across communities and prisons, to make recovery visible, and champion lived experience as a driver of change. Through collaboration and co-production, SRC supports the creation and implementation of recovery-oriented systems of care and strategic system change, ensuring recovery is embedded in policy, practice and culture.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, including flexible working, an Employee Assistance Programme, an excellent pension scheme and 25 days’ paid holiday plus nine public holidays per year.

Join the Scottish Recovery Consortium and Help Shape Recovery Across Scotland

Are you passionate about learning, recovery and the power of lived and living experience to create lasting change?

We're looking for a Recovery Training, Learning & Development Officer to join our team and help design, deliver and evaluate learning opportunities that strengthen recovery communities across Scotland. Working with individuals in recovery, Lived Experience Recovery Organisations, communities and professionals, you'll play a key role in ensuring lived and living experience is recognised, valued and influential at every level.

This is an exciting opportunity to help build recovery learning pathways, support peer-led learning, strengthen participation and contribute to developing recovery-oriented systems that improve lives and communities.

Be part of a team committed to making recovery visible and creating meaningful opportunities for people to learn, grow and lead change.

The role is offered on a fixed-term basis, for a period of 12 months initially.

What you will do

As an employee of the Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC), the post holder will report directly to the Community Team Manager. Working alongside our Community Team, you will play a key role in developing and delivering high-quality, engaging learning (online and in person) for individuals in recovery, Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (LEROs) and professionals with an interest in recovery and human rights.

The role focuses on:

• Building accessible recovery learning pathways

• Supporting co-production and peer-led learning development

• Promoting peer-led learning initiatives that harness lived and living experience to build confidence, resilience and practical skills, creating a supportive and empowering learning environment

• Ensuring learners receive access to high-quality learning opportunities that strengthen lived and living experience participation in local and national government

• Embedding a robust framework to measure the impact of learning opportunities on recovery outcomes, wellbeing and social inclusion, using data to drive continuous improvement and demonstrate value

What you will bring

• Excellent training facilitation and training delivery skills

• Demonstrable experience in writing training sessions, creating interactive workshops and producing training materials

• Excellent relationship building and communication skills

• Ability to monitor, evaluate and contribute to robust impact measurement

About us

The Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC) is a national intermediary organisation dedicated to supporting the development, growth and sustainability of recovery in Scotland. We work at individual, community, organisational and policy levels, across communities and prisons, to make recovery visible, and champion lived experience as a driver of change. Through collaboration and co-production, SRC supports the creation and implementation of recovery-oriented systems of care and strategic system change, ensuring recovery is embedded in policy, practice and culture.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, including flexible working, an Employee Assistance Programme, an excellent pension scheme and 25 days’ paid holiday plus nine public holidays per year.

Our vibrant and busy services across Glasgow provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or drug use. We have three Recovery Hubs (in North East, North West and South Glasgow), however much of our work is carried out in the local community. We work with people at all stages on their journey providing both one to one appointments and group work.

We are looking for a enthusiastic and dynamic Recovery Workers who are motivated to work as part of a thriving and diverse team, ensuring recovery opportunities are available for individuals at any point in their recovery journey. You will strive to work collaboratively with partners and communities, ensuring that we are as accessible as possible and that the principles of a Recovery Oriented System of Care and true person centred practice are at the heart of all that we do.

Our Recovery Workers play a vital role in supporting clients to identify their goals, ambitions, and passions. You’ll work with them to create the best treatment plan for their needs and to guide them on their path to recovery. This is a frontline role at WithYou, where you will provide continuity of care through effective partnership working, care coordination, key work responsibilities, and intervention delivery. You will manage an active caseload, connecting quickly with clients and ensuring they’re always treated with respect and dignity.

This role is permanent and will work 37,5 hours per week across 7 days, evening and weekend work will be required. As a Recovery Worker, we offer a starting salary of £26,250 per annum, rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £30,000 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

We are looking for excellent communicators, who have the ability to build trust and put people at ease during their first meeting with our service. You will have demonstrable experience working within the health, social care, criminal justice or other specialist setting, or a clear motivation for wanting to work in the drug and alcohol sector. A successful track record of providing efficient and reliable customer service is essential. An SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Health care is desirable for this post.

You will be highly organised, have excellent communication skills, and be able to manage your time effectively. You will work collaboratively as part of a team to ensure a high-quality service is maintained. Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do and has a positive and engaging approach to our clients and key stakeholders.

About Us

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland.

Our name reflects who we are – a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that’s right for them.

Our staff team changes lives. If you’re passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.

Creating an Inclusive Environment

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

Please note that you will be required to provide 3 years worth of references and where applicable, undergo an enhanced DBS check, to be considered for a role at WithYou.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Glasgow is looking for an Advanced Practitioner - if you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website.

This Advanced Practitioner role is specifically designed for those with advanced substance misuse knowledge and/or experience of working in a relevant field.

The Advanced Practitioner – Family Specialism will provide specialist leadership and support to strengthen family-focused practice across WithYou Glasgow services. The post will promote a whole-family approach, recognising the impact of substance use on children, parents and wider family networks, supporting service users to build and maintain positive family relationships as part of their recovery journey.

Our vibrant and busy services across Glasgow provide support to people concerned about their own or someone else's alcohol or drug use. We have three Recovery Hubs (in North East, North West and South Glasgow), however much of our work is carried out in the local community. We work with people at all stages on their journey providing both one to one appointments and group work.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Therapeutic Family Recovery Groups: Develop and deliver therapeutic family-focused recovery groups within each Hub, supporting service users to explore family relationships, parenting, family wellbeing and the impact of substance use. Sessions will incorporate the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators and My World Triangle framework.
• Family Learning Clubs: Establish and facilitate Family Learning Clubs, providing opportunities for service users and families to develop knowledge, skills and confidence around family wellbeing, relationships and recovery.
• Partnership Working: Act as the key link worker for local family support services and partner agencies, strengthening referral pathways, improving access to support and promoting joined-up, consistent responses for families.
• Direct Practice: Maintain a small, specialist caseload, providing focused assessment, support and interventions for individuals and families with more complex family-related needs.
• Safeguarding Leadership: Provide guidance, advice and support to colleagues on safeguarding matters, helping to build staff confidence, knowledge and competence in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Workforce Development: Upskill and support staff across the Hubs to embed family-inclusive, trauma-informed and child-centred practice, ensuring that the needs and voices of children and families remain central to service delivery.
• Lead the development, implementation and delivery of gender-specific interventions, ensuring treatment provision is responsive to the differing needs and experiences of women, men and people of diverse gender identities accessing the recovery hub.
• Champion and embed gender-responsive and trauma-informed approaches across the service, providing specialist guidance, staff development and support to ensure treatment is inclusive, accessible and responsive to individual needs and barriers to recovery.
• The role will champion a culture of family-inclusive recovery across WithYou Glasgow, ensuring that families are recognised as an integral part of the recovery process and that children and young people are supported to be safe, healthy and able to thrive.

This role is full time and permanent, working 37.5 hours over 7 days, evening and weekend working may be required

As an Advanced Practitioner we offer a starting salary of £28,325 per annum rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £32,960 per annum. For further details please reach out to a member of the recruitment team via recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk.

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual with advanced knowledge and/or experience within the substance use sector or a relevant specialist setting, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with individuals and families.

You will have a strong understanding of the impact of substance use on children, parents and wider family networks, alongside experience or knowledge of developing and delivering family-focused interventions and supporting positive family relationships. You will be confident providing specialist guidance and support to colleagues, particularly around safeguarding, family-inclusive practice and trauma-informed approaches.

You will be highly organised, have excellent communication and partnership-working skills, being able to manage your time effectively. You will be passionate about developing and embedding high-quality, inclusive and gender-responsive practice, ensuring that the needs and voices of individuals, children and families remain central to service delivery. Above all, we are looking for someone who can provide specialist leadership, inspire and support colleagues, and champion a whole-family approach to recovery.

About Us

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland.

Our name reflects who we are – a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that’s right for them.

Our staff team changes lives. If you’re passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.