Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

NHS; Winchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join their team at HMP Winchester. This full-time role involves empowering individuals to make positive changes in their lives through personalized care and support. You will deliver psycho-social interventions, provide essential information on substance misuse, and work closely with a compassionate healthcare team. With excellent career development opportunities and a supportive work environment, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others while advancing their professional journey.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

25 Days Annual Leave

Wellbeing and Lifestyle Benefits

Shopping Discounts

24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline

Qualifications

• Experience in substance misuse multi-disciplinary framework.
• Non-judgemental and compassionate approach required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver outstanding care to psycho-social patients.
• Provide information on substance misuse and safe practices.
• Assist healthcare team on wings and in-house blocks.

Skills

Substance Misuse Knowledge

Compassionate Care

Psycho-Social Interventions

Communication Skills

Education

UK Professional Registration

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join the team at HMP Winchester, a Category B male prison just outside of the city centre. HMP Winchester has free onsite parking as well as excellent transport links - there is a bus stop opposite the site and the train station is a 10 minute walk.

Join the Recovery Team and empower those whom wish to make changes in their behaviour to promote health and well-being through recovery from drugs and alcohol. This is a crucial role within the healthcare team, making a real difference to patients, and delivering outstanding care. HMP Winchester is a remand prison with capacity of around 650.

Job summary

Hours: This is a full time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Salary: This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary of £26,586 - £30,684 dependent on experience.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

As our new Substance Misuse Recovery Worker, your responsibilities will vary. Some of your duties will include:

• Delivering outstanding care to psycho social patients, seeking out, listening to, and acting on their feedback - ensuring that their care is personalised and tailored to the individual.
• Providing a programme of psycho social interventions.
• Providing information and advice on substance misuse, alcohol, smoking cessation, blood borne viruses and safe sex practices.
• Delivering care on a 1-1 basis as well as group sessions.
• Assisting the healthcare team on the wings and in house blocks.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn't stop there we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated.
• We act with integrity.
• We strive to do things better together.

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Person Specification

Our new Healthcare Assistant will:

• Have experience of working within the substance misuse multi-disciplinary framework, which includes housing, social care, health care and mental health pathways.
• Have a non-judgemental and compassionate approach.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Address: Romsey Rd, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5DF