Job summary
Are you looking to widen your experience working within a prison? Then look no further than our Team at HMP Leicester.
A fantastic opportunity has become open for a Band 6 Senior Practitioner in the Psychosocial Substance Misuse Team at HMP Leicester. This is a busy Category B Male remand jail.
This band 6 will lead the direction of the service as well as supporting the men with their recovery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will co-ordinate and manage a caseload of service users, including those with complex substance use needs, developing and conducting assessments and managing care plans. You will support men through their care plan objectives by delivering substance misuse related psychosocial group and 1:1 interventions.
You will complete supervisions and appraisals, supporting the recovery practitioners in providing structured work to their service users and leading the team on a day to day basis to ensure effective service delivery and staff support. You will build and maintain links with community providers, working closely with partners to ensure the needs of each service users are met and that integrated working is a key element to Inclusion's services.
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 description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:
- To work within a multi-disciplinary team, in HMP Leicester 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 with the cluster manager on specific tasks identified to promote effective service delivery.
- To hold a caseload of offenders with complex substance misuse problems, developing, monitoring and reviewing their recovery plans, focusing on their therapeutic needs and achievement of their recovery goals.
- Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical services and supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment.
- To facilitate longer term psycho-social, CBT based group work requiring multiple session delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:
- To work within a multi-disciplinary team, in HMP Leicester 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 with the cluster manager on specific tasks identified to promote effective service delivery.
- To hold a caseload of offenders with complex substance misuse problems, developing, monitoring and reviewing their recovery plans, focusing on their therapeutic needs and achievement of their recovery goals.
- Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical services and supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment.
- To facilitate longer term psycho-social, CBT based group work requiring multiple session delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification (Degree & Post graduate or equivalent) and/or Relevant experience in comparative setting
- Considerable experience of working within a substance misuse team
Desirable
- Qualification in nursing, social work, probation, psychology or substance misuse.
- Qualification in therapeutic skills.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading a team/project
- Experience of working with drug and alcohol users and within a prison environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification (Degree & Post graduate or equivalent) and/or Relevant experience in comparative setting
- Considerable experience of working within a substance misuse team
Desirable
- Qualification in nursing, social work, probation, psychology or substance misuse.
- Qualification in therapeutic skills.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading a team/project
- Experience of working with drug and alcohol users and within a prison environment.
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.
