Complex Needs Recovery Worker - Thurrock Location: Thurrock Salary: £25,000 £28,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent About The Role Are you passionate about making a real difference in people s lives? The Forward Trust is looking for a Complex Needs Drug and Alcohol Recovery Worker to join our innovative Thurrock service. This is a full-time role (35 hours/week) and requires a car to support outreach across the community. You ll be supporting individuals facing overlapping challenges including substance misuse, mental illness, homelessness, trauma, domestic abuse, offending, and learning disabilities. Using a trauma-informed, harm reduction approach, you ll guide people safely through detox and rehabilitation pathways, advocate for them across multiple systems, and deliver training to local professionals. What you ll do: Manage a caseload of complex-need clients, including hard-to-reach individuals and those with learning disabilities. Support people in refuges, hostels, supported accommodation, and community settings. Deliver harm reduction interventions, structured support, and drug and alcohol awareness training. Navigate individuals safely through Tier 4 detox and residential rehab pathways. Represent Forward Trust at stakeholder events and multi-agency meetings. Work closely with mental health, housing, probation, and social care colleagues. What you ll bring: Experience supporting vulnerable adults or people with complex needs. Knowledge of substance misuse, harm reduc