Join our compassionate team at Castle Craig Hospital
Are you passionate about helping others on their journey to recovery? Castle Craig, a leading private addiction treatment hospital nestled in the peaceful surroundings of West Linton, is seeking an experienced and committed Lead Recovery Worker to join our Therapy Department.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a caring and professional team that makes a real difference in people’s lives.
This is a key role within our recovery support service, offering the opportunity to shape practice, support staff development, and safeguard the therapeutic culture of the patient community. You will play a central role in ensuring high-quality, recovery-focused support for patients and leading a team that makes a genuine difference every day.
About the role
As Lead Recovery Worker, you will have overall responsibility for the leadership, management and performance of the Recovery Worker service. Working closely with the Therapy Programme Manager and clinical colleagues, you will ensure that recovery support provision is safe, consistent, person-centred, and fully aligned with the wider therapeutic programme.
You will be accountable for staff supervision, training, rota planning, service standards, and the continuous development of recovery support practice. Central to the role is strategic oversight of the therapeutic milieu — the community environment in which recovery takes place — including community spaces, daily routines, and patient bedroom environments as indicators of wellbeing and engagement.
While the role is primarily leadership-focused, you may undertake limited direct recovery work to maintain visibility and clinical credibility. You will hold service-wide accountability for recovery support provision across all shifts, including evenings and weekends, ensuring that these periods are well structured, safely managed, and recovery-focused.
Key areas of responsibility
- Lead and manage the Recovery Worker team, providing supervision, coaching and performance management
- Ensure safe staffing levels, effective rota planning, and clear escalation arrangements
- Maintain high standards of community management, behavioural boundaries, and recovery culture
- Oversee staff training and capability development, including community management and de-escalation
- Act as a key liaison between recovery support, therapy, and nursing teams
- Monitor quality, risk, and service performance, implementing improvements where required
- Take responsibility for serious incidents and governance within recovery support provision
- Uphold and embed the 12-step ethos and recovery culture throughout the community
About You
This role is suited to an experienced recovery or therapeutic professional with strong leadership skills and a clear understanding of residential treatment environments. You will be confident managing teams, addressing performance issues, and maintaining boundaries within a therapeutic community.
You will bring:
- Demonstrable experience of leading, supervising or managing staff
- A strong background in recovery support, addiction treatment, or therapeutic services
- Confidence operating across departmental boundaries and working with clinical professionals
- A clear understanding of therapeutic milieu principles and recovery culture
- The ability to recognise and respond to addiction-culture behaviours and emerging community risks
- Excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills
Role Details
- Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
- Working Pattern: Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00, with service-wide accountability across evenings and weekends
- Department: Therapy
- Salary: £34,000-£36,000 per annum
How to apply
If you are passionate about recovery, committed to high standards, and ready to take a leadership role within a respected and values-driven organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Please complete an online application form with your CV or send your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you’d be a great fit for this role to [email protected].
