Community Integration and Engagement Practitioner Location: Essex Salary: £24,479 Vacancy Type: Permanent Advertising End Date: 19th March 2026 About The Role Are you passionate about supporting people on their journey to sustained recovery? Join our team at Essex Community Rehabilitation Service and make a real difference in people s lives as they transition from structured treatment into connected, meaningful futures. This is a full-time role (35 hours/week), with some flexibility for evening and weekend sessions to meet client needs. As a Community Integration and Engagement Practitioner, you ll deliver a dynamic blend of group sessions, 1:1 support, and community engagement, helping clients prevent relapse, build recovery capital, and thrive in their communities. What you ll do: Facilitate recovery groups, post-treatment sessions, weekly support groups, and relapse prevention groups, both online and face-to-face across Essex. Provide tailored 1:1 support, weekly sessions after graduation from SHARP, MPACT, or BOC, with quarterly check-ins for a year. Promote community engagement, guide clients to ERF activities, mutual aid fellowships, and meaningful social connections. Signpost and navigate, connect clients to mental health, employment, education, volunteering, and wellbeing opportunities. Develop volunteer and peer networks, support clients in volunteering and peer-led initiatives. What we re looking for: Strong communication and facilitation skills Empathy, resilie