Prison Substance Misuse Worker

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Recovery Worker for HMP Peterborough to deliver needs-based health care services to prisoners with substance misuse issues, using Trauma Informed principles to support recovery. Full-time, 37.5 hours with shift rotation.

DBS checks required and UK residency evidence will be requested. The role sits within the integrated Substance Misuse Service; team works with mental health and healthcare to provide trauma-informed wellbeing

Qualifications

• Understanding of trauma-informed care.
• Qualification in Substance Misuse Level 3 (RQF).
• Experience of working in a secure setting.
• Facilitation of group work or similar.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychosocial interventions to prisoners with current or history of substance misuse.
• Provide a trauma-informed wellbeing service in collaboration with health teams.

Skills

Trauma informed care

Substance Misuse Level 3

Secure setting experience

Group facilitation

Job description

Main area Secured Services Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift rotation of one week of early shifts every 6 weeks) Job ref 270-TH372-HMPPET

Site HMP Peterborough Town Peterborough Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 10:00

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Recovery worker to work within our integrated Substance Misuse Service in HMP Peterborough to deliver a comprehensive range of needs-based health care services to patients with substance misuse issues. The post holder will provide psychosocial intervention in individual or group-based settings to support prisoners with current and/or a history of substance misuse, using Trauma Informed principles to aide recovery of the patients.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

Main duties of the job

The Substance Misuse Team is part of the integrated Healthcare provision at HMP Peterborough. The team consists of Integrated Substance Mis-use Nurse, HCA and Substance Misuse Workers (Recovery). The team works closely with the Secondary Mental Health team and Healthcare Services to provide a Trauma Informed Well Being Service for residents.

The Substance misuse service (ISMS) maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better. Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in-to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the "About You" Section of the document.

Person specification

• Understand of Trauma informed care
• Qualification in Substance Misuse Level 3 RQF
• Experience of working in a secure setting
• Facilitator of Group Work or Similar

Security Vetting

• The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application.

Shortlisting

• History/experience of working with substance misuse/mental health patients
• Examples of team working and independent working

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Natasha Mandair-Bisla Job title Operations Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01733 217500 Additional information Please call 01733 217 500 and enter the extension 5006 when the automated message begins.