Criminal Justice Engagement Worker

NHS Jobs; Stafford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion service is recruiting to deliver high-quality brief interventions to people within custody suites, prisons and probation. The role focuses on harm reduction, Naloxone training, recovery capital, removing barriers to attendance and collaboration with partners to promote visible recovery among service users in the criminal justice system.

You will maintain records, deliver training to partnership agencies, and ensure services are

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Willingness to undertake NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Work with service users in attendance and manage day-to-day issues arising on release from custody or prisons.
• Signpost to local services and empower service users to build community networks and recovery capital.
• Promote visible and contagious recovery to service users within the criminal justice systems.
• Collaborate with all service users/partner agencies/stakeholders to identify barriers to access for all communities across substance misuse, mental health, wellbeing and primary care services.
• Create and maintain a local Recovery Assets Register for service users in the criminal justice system.

Skills

Substance misuse awareness

Teamwork

Community work

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

CPD evidence

Job description

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 If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

Work as an integral part of the service in delivering high quality brief interventions to people within the criminal justice system including Custody Suites, Prisons and Probation.

Main duties of the job

• Facilitate harm reduction interventions including the delivery of Naloxone training to clients, families and partnershipso Supporting non opiates and non-dependant alcohol who are released from custody
• Contributing to working collaboratively with people to build their recovery capital and ensuring positive recovery outcomes.
• Ensuring people have scheduled appointments and remove barriers to attendance.
• Promoting visible recovery to clients within the criminal justice system
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Ensuring that your work is evidence based, up to date and in accordance with current policy and legislation.
• Facilitate and oversee initial brief interventions and screening.
• Keeping up to date and accurate records and documentation.
• Deliver training to partnership agencies

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.

We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.

Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:

• To work with service users in attendance and manage day today issues which arise upon release from custody or prisons etc
• To signpost to local services and empower service users to build their community networks and recovery capital.
• To promote visible and contagious recovery to service users within the criminal justice systems.
• To work collaboratively with all service users/partner agencies/stakeholders to identify the barriers that prevent people from all communities accessing a full range of services, including substance misuse mental health wellbeing and primary mental health services.
• To create and maintain a local Recovery Assets Register suitable for service users within the criminal justice systems

Qualifications & Training

• Evidence of continuous Professional development
• Willingness to undertake NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Experience

• Understanding and awareness of the effects of substance misuse on an individual and the community
• Understanding and awareness of the effects of substance misuse on an individual and the community
• Understanding and awareness of the effects of substance misuse on an individual and the community

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to work with drug/alcohol users in a Community environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.