Job summary
- Main area
- Drug and Alcohol/Substance Misuse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed-term)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-IT-26-7846616
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Askham Grange
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Recovery Worker
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
This post is open to female applicants only
The Inclusion Directorate with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation currently provides Psychosocial Substance Misuse Teams into prisons across Yorkshire. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our team at HMP Askham Grange. We are looking for a compassionate and skilled Recovery Worker to join our team.
Working in prisons is both challenging and rewarding. This is an opportunity to work with some very interesting people with complex substance misuse needs. Working in prisons is a fantastic opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.
As a Recovery Worker you will need to have a sound knowledge of substance misuse and the barriers and issues faced by those affected. You will need to be confident in managing a caseload of people with complex substance misuse difficulties.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions to those people experiencing substance misuse problems.
- To work in a custodial environment delivering a high quality drug and alcohol recovery service in response to need.
- To provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting people to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.
- To work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met.
- To provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho-social interventions) to people located within the prison establishment.
- To contribute and work within the prison and wider drug strategy
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for details. A summary is provided below:
- To deliver a steps-based, recovery orientated and outcome-focussed service within the host prison with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice.
- To work within an integrated team delivering psychosocial and clinical interventions to service users presenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol.
- To work closely with the mental health nurses as part of an integrated team.
- To participate in the prisons induction programme, encouraging and motivating clients to engage.
- To use strengths-based approaches including mapping techniques and relevant paperwork in order to carry out initial screening assessments.
- To carry out further assessments that includes strengths-based node-link mapping techniques and recovery planning.
- Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical services and supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment. Including joint recovery planning, attending joint clinical reviews, joint 1:1 sessions and communicating progress and needs to appropriate staff where need dictates.
- To identify and formulate goals jointly agreed with the service user on their recovery plan appropriate to their needs.
- To be responsible for the coordination of recovery for each client on your caseload.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 Health and Social Care (or commitment to work towards) and/or relevant experience in a comparable setting.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant training/qualification in associated field ie, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Brief solution focussed therapy, Mapping techniques, Auricular acupuncture trained, SMART Recovery
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of integrated working practices.
- 12 months minimum experience of working with substance users
Desirable criteria
- Experience of criminal justice field / prison setting
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
- Lyndsay Berry
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01924 803063
- 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 Lyndsay 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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