Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Practice Plus Group; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping and leisure

Career development opportunities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when needed

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is recruiting a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker for HMP Garth. The role supports inmates in a high-security setting, delivering psychosocial interventions and group sessions as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The position is part-time (22.5 hours/week) with a salary up to £20,106 per year and comprehensive induction and development opportunities. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and will undergo vetting.

Qualifications

• Experience in substance misuse, preferably in a prison/secure setting.
• Experience as a Recovery Worker or Practitioner is desirable.
• Flexible approach and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of psychosocial patients with varying needs.
• Triaging new patients entering the prison, carrying out assessments.
• Deliver group sessions on overdose awareness and harm reduction.
• Provide psychosocial interventions and assessments, including SMART Recovery.
• Facilitate peer-led group sessions.
• Offer information on substance misuse, alcohol, and safe sex practices.
• Collaborate with MDT professionals inside the prison and in the community.

Skills

Substance misuse experience

Prison/secure env experience

Recovery worker role experience

Excellent communication

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join our team at HMP Garth

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join our team at HMP Garth

HMP Garth is a high security Category B male prison, housing around 792 men serving long term and indeterminate sentences. Practice Plus Group provides primary care and substance misuse services across eleven wings, clinic areas, inpatient facilities, and reception services

Hours

This is a part time role totalling 22.5 hours per week working three 7.5 hour days or five 4.5 hour days starting at 8.30am.

Salary

This position is part time time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £20,106 per annum

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

What you'll be doing

As a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker your responsibilities will vary.

Some of your duties will include:

• Manage a caseload of psychosocial patients with varying needs, including substance misuse, mental health, trauma etc
• Work with receptions (new patients entering the prison), triaging and carrying out assessments
• Deliver group sessions on overdose awareness, harm reduction, motivation to change, relapse prevention and wellbeing
• Providing a programme of psychosocial interventions and comprehensive assessments, including SMART Recovery
• Facilitate peer led group sessions
• Provide information and advice on substance misuse, alcohol, smoking cession, blood borne viruses and safe sex practices
• Work closely with MDT professionals, including within the prison and the community, such as probation, external drug & alcohol services etc

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:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you

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 they would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• 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.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Have experience within Substance misuse, ideally a prison / secure environment, and ideally within a Recovery Worker / Practitioner role
• Have experience of working within the substance misuse multi-disciplinary framework, which includes housing, social care, health care and mental health pathways
• Have experience of managing a caseload
• Have a flexible approach, and excellent communication skills

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.