Prison-Based Psychosocial Recovery Specialist

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

In-house coaching

Wellbeing & lifestyle support

Supportive team

Job summary

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Psychosocial Recovery Worker to support inmates with substance misuse needs within a secure environment. The role focuses on psychosocial interventions, recovery planning and coordinated care in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

You will deliver recovery services, run group sessions and work alongside clinical prescribing services to ensure integrated care and positive outcomes for service users.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or commitment to work towards it.
• Experience in a comparable setting in health and social care.
• Experience with integrated working practices and group facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychosocial interventions to substance-misusing offenders in prison.
• Provide a recovery service covering assessment, recovery planning and casework coordination.
• Work with key agencies to support service users on recovery journeys.
• Deliver substance misuse and wellbeing elements of the integrated offender team.
• Facilitate groups and work within a multidisciplinary team in custody.
• Motivate service users towards recovery and positive outcomes.
• Collaborate with clinical prescribing services to meet service user needs.
• Contribute to prison and wider drug strategy.

Skills

Integrated working

Experience with substance users

Group facilitation

Substance misuse services

Education

NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care

Commitment to progression to Level 3

Job description

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Psychosocial Recovery Worker to support inmates with substance misuse needs within a secure environment. The role focuses on psychosocial interventions, recovery planning and coordinated care in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

You will deliver recovery services, run group sessions and work alongside clinical prescribing services to ensure integrated care and positive outcomes for service users.