Recovery Worker (Substance Misuse)

Inclusion

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Job summary

Do you want to make a real difference as Psychosocial Recovery Worker? Why not bring your compassion and skills to help support individuals in their recovery?

Our Integrated Mental Health and Substance Misuse Service at HMP Featherstone is looking for a dynamic and experienced Recovery Worker to join our busy, friendly and professional team. The Integrated Mental Health & Substance Misuse Team is an innovative forward thinking team, committed to a Recovery focused approach that meets individual's needs.

This is an exciting and energetic role for an individual who is passionate about providing good quality mental health care and support within a busy and rewarding environment. The variety of the role will keep things fresh and stimulating whilst being part of a supportive team with effective management providing supervision and guidance.

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 psycho-social 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 to and work within the prison and wider drug strategy.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership 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 about HMP Featherstone and our incentives offer please see attached information.

Date posted

17 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-IT-23-5020937

Job locations

HMP Featherstone

New Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 7PY


Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an opportunity to work with individuals who have complex offending backgrounds and mental health needs. Working in prisons can be challenging as well as rewarding and this opportunity is a fantastic chance to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.

  • You will be able to demonstrate skill and experience of providing evidence based psychological / psychosocial interventions geared towards supporting service users to make positive changes and work towards recovery.
  • You will have the ability to apply your skills and interventions to the care of service users with mild to moderate mental health needs that often co-exist with substance misuse needs.
  • You will be highly motivated with the ability to support and inspire.
  • You will be enthusiastic about working within an ever-changing prison environment.
  • You will work in a fully multi-disciplinary team to provide varied and comprehensive interventions in-line with the stepped care model. The team includes RMNs, RLDN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Psychosocial Workers and team administrators.
  • You will work to assist service users to progress through their sentence and onto their resettlement in the community.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the full list of responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an opportunity to work with individuals who have complex offending backgrounds and mental health needs. Working in prisons can be challenging as well as rewarding and this opportunity is a fantastic chance to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.

  • You will be able to demonstrate skill and experience of providing evidence based psychological / psychosocial interventions geared towards supporting service users to make positive changes and work towards recovery.
  • You will have the ability to apply your skills and interventions to the care of service users with mild to moderate mental health needs that often co-exist with substance misuse needs.
  • You will be highly motivated with the ability to support and inspire.
  • You will be enthusiastic about working within an ever-changing prison environment.
  • You will work in a fully multi-disciplinary team to provide varied and comprehensive interventions in-line with the stepped care model. The team includes RMNs, RLDN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Psychosocial Workers and team administrators.
  • You will work to assist service users to progress through their sentence and onto their resettlement in the community.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards) And/Or Relevant experience in comparable setting.

Desirable

  • Relevant training / Qualification in associated field oCBT oMotivational Interviewing oBrief solution focussed therapy oMapping techniques oAuricular acupuncture trained and SMART Recovery

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of integrated working practices and 12 months minimum of working with substance user's
  • Experience of group facilitation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 Health & Social Care (or commitment to work towards) And/Or Relevant experience in comparable setting.

Desirable

  • Relevant training / Qualification in associated field oCBT oMotivational Interviewing oBrief solution focussed therapy oMapping techniques oAuricular acupuncture trained and SMART Recovery

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of integrated working practices and 12 months minimum of working with substance user's
  • Experience of group facilitation

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Inclusion

Address

HMP Featherstone

New Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 7PY


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Inclusion

Address

HMP Featherstone

New Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 7PY


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Acting Team Manager

Jade Plant

jade.plant@mpft.nhs.uk

019027032360

Date posted

17 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-IT-23-5020937

Job locations

HMP Featherstone

New Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 7PY


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