Band 5 Psychosocial Substance Misuse Practitioner

Position Overview

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn.

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Inclusion substance misuse team at HMP Gartree. We are recruiting for a full time band 5 Psychosocial Substance Misuse Practitioner.

HMP Gartree is a male Cat B high security prison and the Inclusion SMS team support the population by offering support for drug/alcohol issues.

You will be joining a busy, established team who will support you in your new role. Your day to day job will be to support the men in your care through their recovery plan. This will be through the delivery of group work sessions and 1:1 interventions.

You will support men prescribed OST. You will provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions as part of the substance misuse team to those service users experiencing substance misuse problems.

As part of the Inclusion Substance Misuse Team you would hold a case load of service users and appropriately manage your time to support their pathway through treatment. This involves completing thorough assessments and building a care plan of treatment from that assessment and following this through with the required psychosocial interventions.

• Deliver a steps-based, recovery orientated and outcome focussed service within the host prison with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice.
• Work within an integrated team delivering psycho-social interventions to service users presenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol.
• Participate in the prison's induction programme, encouraging and motivating clients to engage.
• Use strengths‑based approaches including mapping techniques and relevant paperwork in order to carry out initial screening assessments.
• 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 attending joint clinical reviews and communicating progress and needs to appropriate staff where need dictates.
• Identify and formulate goals jointly agreed with the service user on their recovery plan appropriate to their needs.

We support the men in your care through their recovery plan. You will be part of a well‑established, hard working team who will support you in your new role.

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.