Substance Misuse Recovery Worker (Bank)

Practice Plus Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction training and development

Career development opportunities

Learning Management System support

Job summary

Practice Plus Group’s Health in Justice team at HMP Doncaster is seeking a Bank Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to support prisoners in their recovery journey, delivering psychosocial interventions and assessments.

You will manage a caseload, triage new admissions with reception, run group sessions on overdose awareness and harm reduction, and help prepare patients for release, with shifts 8am–4pm and an hourly rate of £15.80 in a busy Category B remand prison.

Qualifications

• Have experience within Substance misuse, ideally in 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

Responsibilities

• 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 cessation, blood borne viruses and safe sex practices
• Prepare patients for release and transfer
• Work closely with MDT professionals, including within the prison and the community, such as probation, external drug & alcohol services etc

Skills

Substance misuse experience

Prison/secure environment

Recovery Worker/Practitioner

Caseload management

Excellent communication

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join our team at HMP YOI Doncaster, a busy Category B remand prison for males in Doncaster city centre.

About The Role

Join the Recovery Team and empower those who wish to make changes in their behaviour to promote health and well‑being through recovery from drugs and alcohol. This is a crucial role within the healthcare team, making a real difference to patients, and delivering outstanding care.

Hours

This is a bank role, with shifts falling between Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm.

Salary

The hourly rate is £15.80.

How we will 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

• 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
• Prepare patients for release and transfer
• Work closely with MDT professionals, including within the prison and the community, such as probation, external drug & alcohol services etc

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 we 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.

Key requirements

• Have experience within Substance misuse, ideally in 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.