Recovery Worker - Substance Use - HMP Huntercombe

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Henley-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a compassionate Psychosocial Recovery Worker to support substance misusing offenders in a prison environment. This role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality recovery services, including psychosocial interventions and collaborative efforts with clinical services. Ideal candidates will have NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care and experience with substance use issues. This position offers the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support

In-house training and coaching

Qualifications

• Commitment to work towards relevant qualifications in comparable settings.
• Previous experience in integrated working practices with substance use needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychosocial interventions to substance misusing offenders.
• Collaborate with clinical services to meet service user needs.
• Deliver a high standard of recovery services in a custodial environment.

Skills

Knowledge of substances and their effects

Understanding of harm reduction approaches

Ability to conduct assessments

Ability to keep records

Collaborative working with other professionals

Education

NVQ 3 Health & Social Care

Job description

Job Overview

Do you want to make a real difference as a Psychosocial Recovery Worker? Why not bring your compassion and skills to help support people in their recovery?

Our Substance Misuse Service at HMP Huntercombe is looking for a dynamic and experienced Recovery Worker. The team is innovative, forward thinking and committed to a Recovery focused approach that meets people's needs. You will be part of a supportive team with effective management, supervision and guidance.

Working with people who have complex offending backgrounds and substance use needs within prison is both challenging and rewarding. This is a fantastic chance to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.

Main duties of the job

You will 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 University NHS Foundation Trust.

You will deliver a range of psychosocial interventions to substance misusing offenders within a prison environment.

You will 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.

You will 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.

You will 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 attached job description and person specification for the full list of responsibilities. A brief summary is provided below:

• 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards) or relevant experience in comparable settings.

Desirable criteria

• Relevant training / qualification in associated field
• CBT
• Motivational Interviewing
• Brief solution focussed therapy
• Mapping techniques
• Auricular acupuncture trained

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of integrated working practices or working with those with substance use needs

Skills, Knowledge And Abilities

Essential criteria

• A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects
• An understanding of harm reduction approaches in relation to substance misuse
• Ability to conduct assessments and formulate recovery plans
• Ability to keep records and statistical data
• Ability to work collaboratively with other professionals and develop links with agencies internal and external to prison

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of criminal justice field
• Ability and commitment to facilitate psycho‑social group work programmes