Job summary
- Main area
- Drug and Alcohol Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-IT-23-5834904-B
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Huntercombe
- Town
- Henley-on-Thames
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Recovery Worker - Substance Use - HMP Huntercombe
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Do you want to make a real difference as a Psychosocial Recovery Worker? Why not bring your compassion and skills to help support people in their recovery?
Our Substance Misuse Service at HMP Huntercombe is looking for a dynamic and experienced Recovery Worker. The team is innovative, forward thinking and committed to a Recovery focused approach that meets people's needs. You will be part of a supportive team with effective management, supervision and guidance.
Working with people who have complex offending backgrounds and substance use needs within prison is both challenging and rewarding. This is a fantastic chance to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.
This job is open to qualified professionals, or members of the public preferably with experience and understanding of working within Drug and Alcohol Recovery.
We are willing to support your professional development and provide an opportunity for the right person, who may not have the preferred 12 months experience.
Are you:
- skilled and experienced in providing evidence based psychological and psychosocial interventions geared towards supporting people to make positive changes and work towards recovery?
- highly motivated with the ability to support and inspire?
- able to apply your skills and interventions to the care of people with substance misuse needs.
then we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
You will work within a multi-disciplinary team, in a custodial environment delivering a high standard drug and alcohol recovery service in response to the needs of the service users as part of Inclusion and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting service users to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service
You will work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met and that integrated working is a key element to Inclusion's prison services.
You will provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho-social interventions) to problem drug and alcohol users located within the prison establishment
You will contribute and work within the prison and wider drug strategy
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the full list of responsibilities. A brief summary is provided below:
- Working as part of the team you will provide varied and comprehensive interventions in-line with the stepped care model.
- Working in partnership with key agencies to ensure service users are supported on their individual recovery journeys.
- Delivering the substance misuse and wellbeing elements of the integrated offender team.
- Facilitating groups.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards) or relevant experience in comparable settings.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant training / Qualification in associated field • CBT • Motivational Interviewing • Brief solution focussed therapy • Mapping techniques • Auricular acupuncture trained
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of integrated working practices or working with those with substance use needs
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects
- An understanding of harm reduction approaches in relation to substance misuse
- Ability to conduct assessments and formulate recovery plans
- Ability to keep records and statistical data
- Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals and develop links with agencies internal and external to prison
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of criminal justice field
- Ability and commitment to facilitate psycho-social group work programmes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Linda Elliman
- Job title
- Psychosocial Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01491 643198
- Additional information
- If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Linda Elliman as we would love to hear from you.**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.********This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****
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