Recovery Worker

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in England is seeking a compassionate Recovery Worker to join their team at HMP Springhill. This role involves delivering psychosocial interventions and working collaboratively with other agencies to support substance misusing offenders in their recovery journeys. The ideal candidate will have NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience, and a thorough knowledge of substance misuse issues. This is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity for those looking to make a positive impact in a vulnerable setting.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support

In-house training and coaching support

Qualifications

• Knowledge of blood borne viruses and sexual health.
• Experience in a comparable setting.
• 12 months minimum experience of working with substance users.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a recovery orientated service within the host prison.
• Work within an integrated team delivering interventions to service users.
• Participate in the prison’s induction programme.
• Carry out assessments using strengths-based approaches.

Skills

Knowledge of blood borne viruses and sexual health

Thorough knowledge of substances and their effects

Education

NVQ 3 Health and Social Care (or commitment to work towards)

Job description

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our team at HMP Springhill. 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 be delivering a range of psychosocial interventions to substance misusing offenders within a prison environment and working in partnership with key agencies to ensure service users are supported on their individual recovery journeys.

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 as part of the integrated offender mental health, substance misuse team to those service users experiencing substance misuse problems.
• To work within a multi‑disciplinary team, in a custodial environment delivering a high standard drug and alcohol recovery service in response to the needs of the service users as part of Inclusion and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation trust.
• To provide a range of psycho‑social interventions motivating and supporting service users 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 and that integrated working is a key element to Inclusion’s prison services.
• To provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho‑social interventions) to problem drug and alcohol users located within the prison establishment.
• To contribute and work within the prison and wider drug strategy.

Working for our organisation

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!

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 psycho‑social 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 prison’s 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 include strengths‑based node‑link mapping techniques and recovery planning.

Person specification

Skills

• A knowledge of blood borne viruses and sexual health.
• A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects.

Qualifications

• 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 i.e. CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Brief solution focussed therapy, Mapping techniques, Auricular acupuncture trained, SMART Recovery.

Experience

• Experience of integrated working practices.
• 12 months minimum experience of working with substance users.