Addiction and recovery workers hold the hope when their clients can't. The weight of relapse, the grief of loss, and the empathy required to stay present without absorbing the chaos — NurtureArc is built for what you carry.
5 minutes · 6 pillars · Personalised transformation planof substance misuse workers report compassion fatigue affecting their professional practice
Turning Point / Addaction Staff Survey 2022of drug and alcohol workers have personal lived experience, making boundary-setting uniquely complex
Collective Voice Workforce Report 2023addiction sector workers have taken time off for mental health reasons in the past 12 months
With You (formerly Addaction) Staff Wellbeing Report 2023NurtureArc measures six pillars of wellbeing. For addiction & recovery services, here is what each pillar actually means in practice.
Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and the psychological proximity to addiction and recovery cycles.
Disrupted sleep, stress responses, and the physical cost of high-stakes emotional work.
The grief of relapse, the elation of recovery, and the meaning that keeps you in a sector that takes so much.
Complex boundary dynamics — especially for those with lived experience — and the loneliness of work others misunderstand.
Crisis-driven caseloads that make self-care feel like a luxury rather than a professional requirement.
Third-sector funding instability and pay that rarely reflects the depth of the work.
See clearly which pillars are at risk before you're depleted past the point of noticing.
Receive a transformation plan written for the specific emotional demands of recovery work.
Name what you need — for yourself, and in conversation with your organisation.
Five minutes. Six pillars. A personalised transformation plan built for your reality.