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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

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStep into health

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

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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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