SMART Senior Practitioner

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The post-holder will facilitate the Smart Recovery UK meetings and deliver the 'Inside Out' Programme, to offenders in HMP/YOI Isis.

The UK SMART Recovery Senior Practitioner will act as the main link person between Oxleas Interventions, internal departments and external agencies for individuals attending the SMART meetings / programme. They will also be responsible for all meeting / programme related planning, coordination and facilitation. In addition, the SMART Recovery Senior Practitioner will hold line management and governance responsibilities; supervising and developing practitioners' casework, and ensuring quality delivery of client interventions. The post holder will also support the Service Manager and provide management cover when appropriate.

Main duties of the job

  • To deliver / facilitate; meetings, structured group sessions, activities and interventions for offenders within HMP/YOI Isis.
  • To support clients who are engaging with UK SMART Recovery meetings and whilst on the UK SMART InsideOut programme on a -1 basis.
  • To work closely with partner agencies to ensure treatment planning is in line with sentence/risk planning.
  • To deliver a range of structured, evidence based psycho-educational interventions, through the UK SMART InsideOut Package.
  • To support information sharing and shared processes with key services, to enable effective continuity.
  • To ensure all service activity and service user information are recorded to a high standard, using required case management systems, and within agreed time frames, at an individual and service level
  • To work professionally with colleagues, service users, peers, prison staff, internal and external agencies in the interests of shared outcomes to reduce re-offending and improve wellbeing.
  • To coordinate surveys and feedback sessions for clients to help inform service improvements and go on to implement any agreed changes.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: o We're Kind o We're Fair o We Listen o We Care

Date posted

16 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,762 to £45,765 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-4919652-ISIS

Job locations

HMP/YOI Isis

Western Road

Thamesmead

SE28 0FD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Working within a team of 18 in the Interventions team, in a challenging environment. The team offers support with substance misuse, family liaison, behaviour change work (working with drug dealers) and SMART Recovery.

Based in a young offenders prison, working with young men to address the above issues.

As well as receiving NHS benefits such as eye test vouchers, discounts, training opportunities, funding for school holiday childcare etc, you will also be able to access the prison gym and staff canteen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working within a team of 18 in the Interventions team, in a challenging environment. The team offers support with substance misuse, family liaison, behaviour change work (working with drug dealers) and SMART Recovery.

Based in a young offenders prison, working with young men to address the above issues.

As well as receiving NHS benefits such as eye test vouchers, discounts, training opportunities, funding for school holiday childcare etc, you will also be able to access the prison gym and staff canteen.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
  • NVQ 3/4 Health and Social Care or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Management training

Experience

Essential

  • Providing structured interventions through group work
  • Providing mutual aid meetings

Desirable

  • Prison environment experience
  • Providing line management supervision

Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to implement recovery focussed treatment plans
  • Ability to work effectively with groups using planned approach
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
  • NVQ 3/4 Health and Social Care or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Management training

Experience

Essential

  • Providing structured interventions through group work
  • Providing mutual aid meetings

Desirable

  • Prison environment experience
  • Providing line management supervision

Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to implement recovery focussed treatment plans
  • Ability to work effectively with groups using planned approach

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP/YOI Isis

Western Road

Thamesmead

SE28 0FD


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP/YOI Isis

Western Road

Thamesmead

SE28 0FD


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Nikki Eyers

nicola.eyers@nhs.net

02033564269

Date posted

16 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,762 to £45,765 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-4919652-ISIS

Job locations

HMP/YOI Isis

Western Road

Thamesmead

SE28 0FD


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