Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
Employer type NHS
Site HMP Leeds
Town Leeds
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 08/04/2025 23:59
Recovery Worker (Substance Misuse)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
The Inclusion Directorate with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation currently provides Psychosocial Substance Misuse Teams into prisons across Yorkshire. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our team at HMP Leeds. 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 need to have a sound knowledge of substance misuse and the barriers and issues faced by those affected. You will need to be confident in managing a caseload of people with complex substance misuse difficulties.
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 psychosocial 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 psychosocial 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 includes strengths-based node-link mapping techniques and recovery planning.
* Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical services and supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment. Including joint recovery planning, attending joint clinical reviews, joint 1:1 sessions and communicating progress and needs to appropriate staff where need dictates.
* To identify and formulate goals jointly agreed with the service user on their recovery plan appropriate to their needs.
* To be responsible for the coordination of recovery for each client on your caseload.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Relevant University Degree NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards) And/Or Relevant experience in comparable setting
* Relevant training / Qualification in associated field • CBT • Motivational Interviewing • Brief solution focussed therapy • Mapping techniques • Auricular acupuncture trained
Experience
* Experience of integrated working practices 12 months minimum of working with substance user’s
* Experience of criminal justice field / prison setting Experience of working with offenders Experience of group facilitation Experience of working with dual diagnosis/mental health
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
* A thorough knowledge of substances and their effects
* A knowledge of blood borne viruses and sexual health
* An understanding of harm reduction approaches in relation to substance misuse
* Ability to conduct assessments and formulate recovery plans
* Ability to manage a DART service user caseload
* Ability to keep records and statistical data
* Knowledge of criminal justice field
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Abi Harrison
Job title Team Manager
Email address abigail.harrison@mpft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 0113 203 2988
If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Abi Harrison as we would love to hear from you.
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