We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join the team on a bank basis at HMP Lancaster Farms, a Category C male prison located on the outskirts of Lancaster. HMP Lancaster Farms offers a fast paced, unique rewarding environment to learn and develop.
Job summary
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Hours: This is a bank position, with shifts falling between 8am – 4pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Salary: The hourly rate is £15.80 per hour.
How will we support you?
* 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
Main duties of the job
* Deliver 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.
* Provide a programme of psychosocial interventions and comprehensive assessments.
* Provide information and advice on substance misuse, alcohol, smoking cession, 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.
* Assist the healthcare team across other pathways as needed, including second signing.
Qualifications and skills
* Experience within substance misuse, ideally a prison/secure environment, and ideally within a Recovery Worker / Practitioner role.
* Experience of working within the substance misuse multi-disciplinary framework, which includes housing, social care, healthcare and mental health pathways.
* Flexible approach, excellent communication skills, non-judgemental and compassionate 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.
Employer details
Practice Plus Group
HMP Lancaster Farms
Stone Row Head
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 3QZ
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