Apprentice Recovery Coordinator
Waythrough
Sheffield (S3 8UG)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 19 December 2025)
Posted on 28 November 2025
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Summary
We are currently looking to build our Recovery Co-ordination teams, with some exciting and newly created opportunities at Sheffield. Our teams provide support for individuals who are experiencing problematic substance use.
- Wage
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£19,240 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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37 hours per week, Monday-Friday, times to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 26 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
To study towards and achieve the Adult Care Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard and complete required training in order to fulfil all other key accountabilities set out below:
- Work closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team, including external agencies, family members and significant others as appropriate.
- Support Recovery Navigator with carrying out triage/screening assessments and comprehensive assessments with service users.
- Support with facilitating service user access to treatment and community resources to increase recovery and social capital, supporting service users and their families within their local community.
- Work towards leading effective case management for allocated service users, including on-going processes such as risk assessments, risk management plans and safeguarding assessments and plans. This includes the effective use of an online case management system.
- With guidance from the team reduce the impact of drug and alcohol related harm on family life and promote positive family involvement in recovery.
- Learn how to develop and deliver quality programs and packages of work/ psychosocial interventions that meet local need in one-to-one formats.
- Support delivery of key service functions through actively participating in drug screening, BBV testing and harm reduction interventions.
- Promote visible recovery across the service and ensure peer support opportunities are relevant and accessible for all service users.
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- Undertake continuing professional development including participating in supervision, reflective practice groups, performance reviews and attending training as/when required.
- Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, policies & procedures and guidelines – both internal and external. This includes Humankind’s clinical governance framework.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records and reports and provide written and verbal reports as required.
- Keep abreast of policy and professional development within your area of professional expertise.
- Work flexibly across operational sites and within an agreed number of hours to maintain appropriate service provision.
- To promote, adhere to and live our workplace values of kindness, courage and respect.
Where you'll work
Portland House
243 Shalesmoor
Sheffield
S3 8UG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
- Ask for help from an appropriate person when not confident or skilled in any aspect of their role
- Provide individuals with information to enable them to have a choice about the way they are supported
- Encourage individuals to participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Ensure the individual knows what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
- Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans for the individual they support
- Support individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory impairments
- Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work with the individuals they support, their families, carers and advocates
- Demonstrate all work is person centred, accommodating the individual’s needs, wishes and preferences
- Demonstrate empathy (understanding and compassion) for individuals they support
- Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge their personal/cultural beliefs
- Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication to individuals, families, carers and advocates
- Use the preferred methods of communication of the individual they support according to their language, culture, sensory needs and their wishes
- Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication
- Demonstrate they can check for understanding
- Write clearly and concisely in records and reports
- Keep information safe and confidential according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise potential signs of different forms of abuse
- Respond to concerns of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise, report and challenge unsafe practices
- Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual they support
- Move people and objects safely
- Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
- Demonstrate the promotion of healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring individuals have access to fluids, food and nutrition
- Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings and themselves safe and secure
- Carry out fire safety procedures when required
- Use risk assessments to support individuals safely
- Recognise symptoms of cognitive impairment, e.g. Dementia, learning disabilities and mental health
- Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing for individuals they support
- Reflect on your own work practices
- Demonstrate the development of their own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers and information technology
- Demonstrate their contribution to their development plan
- Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others to support the individual
- Identify sources of support when conflicts arise with other people or organisations
- Demonstrate they can work within safe, clear professional boundaries
- Show they can access and apply additional skills required to perform the specific job role competently
Training schedule
As part of your apprenticeship, you will be required to attend Sheffield College on a day release.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C or 9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C or 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Successful candidate is subject to passing an Enhanced DBS check.
About this employer
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.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of permanent employment upon successful completion of apprenticeship.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002893.
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