Phoenix Futures
Therapeutic Recovery Worker
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Therapeutic Worker – Ophelia House (Women’s Trauma Responsive Therapeutic Community)
About the Role
Join Phoenix Futures in a truly impactful position at Ophelia House, our newest Trauma Responsive Women’s Therapeutic Community Residential Service.
Service Details
- Service Area: Oxfordshire
- Location: Kidlington, OX5
- Status: Part-time
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Hours: 6.5 hrs/week (5-week rolling rota, including evenings, nights, and weekends)
- Salary: £26,298 + £2,000 market supplement (pro rata)
- Opportunity for annual increases up to £30,000
- Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays (increases yearly to 30 days)
- Additional Benefits:
- Free on-site parking
- Life assurance
- Enhanced sick pay
- Wellbeing support & activities
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Career development opportunities
Key Responsibilities
- Effectively manage a small caseload (≤5 women), including assessments and personalised care planning
- Implement "community as method" – work collaboratively with service users, families, and wider networks to promote long-term recovery
- Deliver therapeutic groups, activities, and specialised interventions aligned with the Therapeutic Community model
- Foster a compassionate, safe, and development-focussed environment
- Oversee admission to discharge planning for service users
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Requirements
- Experience working with individuals with complex and unique needs
- Prior involvement in substance use recovery, family collaboration, or related fields
- Creative problem-solving and adaptability to evolving service needs
- Ability to coordinate across multiple agencies while upholding a high standard of service delivery
- Strong safeguarding and adult protection awareness (essential for working with vulnerable women in a residential setting)
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About Phoenix Futures
As a national leader in addiction recovery, Phoenix Futures has been shaping lives since 1969. Our specialised women’s services focus on trauma-informed care, offering residential, community, prison, and housing support to empower recovery.
This unique opportunity is ideal for a Therapeutic Recovery Worker, Recovery Co-ordinator, or Support Worker—especially one with female leadership experience (in line with ACAS protections guidelines).
We welcome applications from all backgrounds, with a commitment to lived experience reflecting the needs of those we support.
Figure out how to thrive with us, not just survive—come apply!
Note: This role has a protected characteristic requirement as it involves specialised work with trauma-affected women.
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