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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Prison Recovery Development Officer

Scottish Recovery Consortium
Full time
Remote: Home-based with regular travel throughout Scotland
£29,500
35 hours per week. 12 months Fixed Post
Closing 17 March 2026
Advertised from 24 February 2026

Role

Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC) is looking for a pro-active, team player to join the team to work within our Prison and Healthcare project. 

As an employee of the Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC), reporting to the Prison Recovery Development Lead. The successful post holder will have a unique opportunity to work within Scottish Prisons establishments developing and promoting peer lead recovery initiatives, creating a culture of recovery across the Scottish prison service by supporting the development of an operational approach to the “Recovery from Within” project, which works in collaboration with all stakeholders and promotes a person-centred approach to Recovery

The role involves facilitate groups delivering SRC’s “Recovery from Within” learning offerings to residents and staff across the prison service with a focus on developing community assets and supporting sustainable peer led Recovery development within prisons. 

Your role will be to:

  • Facilitate the delivery of SRC “Recovery from Within” learning offerings to residents, staff and partners developing greater awareness of the experience of addiction and recovery within key institutions
  • Build relationships that will support the continuum of recovery for residents which compliments the core work and traditional approaches of prisons, substance use services, criminal justice and healthcare systems.

Application notes

For further information or an informal chat about this innovative and exciting post, please contact Jordan Stewart at Jordan@scottishrecoveryconsortium.org  

Please send completed Application & Equal Opportunities Monitoring Declaration Forms to fiona@scottishrecoveryconsortium.org by end of day 17th March 2026, 12 noon. The interviews for this position will be held w/c 30th March 2026            . 

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment within Scottish Recovery Consortium will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

  • This post is subject to a PVG from Disclosure Scotland.
  • Receipt of satisfactory references.
  • Proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role.
  • This post is subject to basic driver checks (if relevant).

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