Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Overview

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join the team at HMP Lancaster Farms, a Category C male prison located on the outskirts of Lancaster, with capacity of around 550. Join the Recovery Team and empower those who wish to make changes in their behaviour to promote health and well-being through recovery from drugs and alcohol.

This is a crucial role within the healthcare team, making a real difference to patients, and delivering outstanding care.

This is a part-time role, working 18.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Shifts are between 8am - 5pm.

This position is part-time, you’ll receive an annual salary of £29,264 - £33,510 FTE dependent on experience.

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

• Delivering outstanding care to psychosocial patients, seeking out, listening to, and acting on their feedback — ensuring that their care is personalised and tailored to the individual
• Manage a caseload of patients with varying needs, including substance misuse, mental health, trauma etc
• Deliver group sessions on overdose awareness, harm reduction etc
• Providing a programme of psychosocial interventions
• Developing psychosocial interventions
• Provide information and advice on substance misuse, alcohol, smoking cessation, blood borne viruses and safe sex practices
• Prepare patients for release and transfer
• Deliver care on a 1-1 basis as well as group sessions

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

• Have experience within Substance misuse, ideally a prison / secure environment, and ideally within a Recovery Worker / Practitioner role
• Have experience of working within the substance misuse multi-disciplinary framework, which includes housing, social care, health care and mental health pathways
• Have a flexible approach, and excellent communication skills
• Have a non-judgemental and compassionate approach