Substance Use Recovery Practitioner

Inclusion; North West Leicestershire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Inclusion is recruiting a Band 5 Recovery Practitioner to join the busy team at HMP Leicester, supporting people recovering from substances. You will manage a caseload, complete assessments and care planning, and deliver group interventions.

The role includes harm reduction guidance, assisting detox processes and working with multi-disciplinary colleagues to achieve care plan targets and better outcomes for service users.

Qualifications

• Experience in a supportive role.
• Formal Health and Social qualification.
• DBS check required (Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975).

Responsibilities

• Organise programme of groupwork within the establishment and to facilitate group work interventions as directed by Line Manager.
• Accept referrals, assess need and prioritise groupwork attendees.
• Provide harm reduction information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use.
• Maintain an appropriate caseload with key worker responsibility.
• Carry out comprehensive assessments as required by their line manager.
• Co-produce and construct care packages with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
• Involve recruitment, management and supervision of recovery champions and mentor and provide training and support.

Skills

Group work

Assessment

Care planning

Detox support

Care coordination

Education

Formal Health and Social qualification

Job description

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

Come and join a busy vibrant team supporting people with recovery from substances at HMP Leicester.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the team as a Band 5 Recovery Practitioner.

You will be working with a case load of people supporting them through psychosocial treatment for their substance use.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will include:

• Completing assessments and care planning.
• 1:1 structured work.
• Delivering group interventions.
• Supporting men through detox.
• Supporting men to achieve their care plan targets

About us

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! For more information about HMP Leicester and our incentives offer please see attached information.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is as follows:

• To organise programme of groupwork within the establishment and to facilitate group work interventions as directed by Line Manager.
• To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate prioritisation for groupwork attendees.
• Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections.
• Be responsible maintaining an appropriate caseload with key worker responsibility.
• To carry out comprehensive assessments as required by their line manager.
• To co-produce and construct care packages with multi disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
• Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement and leading service user projects.
• To be involved with recruitment, management and supervision of recovery champions and mentor and provide them with training and regular support and to further develop the lived experience network
• To work with a range of professionals in ensuring service users needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience within a supportive role

Qualifications

• Formal Health and Social qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.