Job summary
- Main area
- Substance Misuse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TG411-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Lowdham Grange
- Town
- Lowdham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Substance Misuse Psychosocial Lead
Band 6
Job overview
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of individuals affected by substance misuse? We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Substance Misuse Psychosocial Lead to take a lead role in delivering high-quality recovery services within a prison setting.
As a senior member of our multi-disciplinary team, you will take a lead role in providing the successful and effective delivery of Substance Misuse Recovery Services in HMP Services Offender Health. To work as a Substance Misuse Psychosocial Lead within a multi-disciplinary team in a prison setting, providing care to patients with complex substance misuse problems with co-occurring mental health issues, from the point of entry into the prison system to re-entry into the community so that re-offending is reduced and the health and social functioning of prisoners is improved.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the delivery of psychosocial substance misuse services in line with national standards and performance indicators.
- Provide high-quality, person-centred care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Champion both harm reduction and recovery-focused approaches.
- Ensure services demonstrate value for money and meet the expectations of commissioners.
- Provide leadership and professional guidance to the staff team, ensuring adherence to policies and the highest standards of care.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Either a current professional registration e.g. O.T, Social Work, Counselling and/or relevant degree in Drug and Alcohol Counselling.
- Evidence of equivalent training and experience within in the provision of structured psychosocial and clinical interventions, including CBT, Motivational Interviewing skills, RCGP1, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy etc.
- Approx 3 years experience in prison or community related substance misuse multi-disciplinary work. This could include substantial voluntary work.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in a secure setting.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify complex issues/situations/information and have the skills to formulate solutions and make recommendations on the best course of action
- To assess and evaluate risk in relation to substance misuse and mental health-related needs
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jain Clayton
- Job title
- Substance Misuse Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159 669 310
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