Job Overview Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner. We have a Health and Justice Services Directorate, within which sits the ‘Children and Young People’ Service line working in partnership with ‘Youth Custody Service’ colleagues to provide trauma-informed primary care, mental health, neuro-developmental and substance misuse services to the young people and young adults within our care. It is our mission to deliver patient-focused, developmentally appropriate, high-quality care, promoting a trauma-informed environment in collaboration with our operational colleagues. We support young people and young adults in understanding their own health and wellbeing needs, and in maximising opportunities to achieve their goals during their stay and beyond. We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Psychosocial Worker to provide Substance misuse support within our Integrated Healthcare Service at HM YOI Feltham A. Feltham A delivers healthcare services to young people (15-19 years). We are looking for staff who understand this and work in line with ‘Child First’ principles. By joining our team, you will not only attend to the healthcare needs of the young people we care for, but also have the opportunity to make a real impact on promoting health and well-being for this population. Main duties of the job Clinical Responsibilities: Support individuals with their substance use and/or harmful behaviours, using motivational interviewing and other evidence-based interventions. To ensure that full risk assessment and risk management are delivered effectively. To understand and implement clinical governance. To ensure the highest quality of service is offered by following local and national quality and performance standards, guidance, procedures, and practice guidelines. To ensure that all work is performed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, including Incident Reporting. To support the wider service with additional interventions as appropriate and with relevant training, e.g. initial clinical assessment, second signatory for controlled drugs, urine testing, dry blood-spot testing, etc. Perform CHAT assessments as requested Communication: To participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. To liaise and communicate relevant information with partner agencies within local and Trust guidelines. To promote an open dialogue culture, where a positive culture of improving communication and maintaining healthy therapeutic relationships with clients is enhanced and valued. Working for our organisation There's a place for you at CNWL. We're passionate about delivering first-class, patient-centred, safe, and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, a community clinic, or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top-quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee, we aim to identify our future leaders, and we support our staff by providing opportunities for career development. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities: To counsel individuals about their substance use and/or harmful behaviours, using motivational interviewing and other evidence-based interventions. To ensure that full risk assessment and risk management are delivered effectively. To understand and implement clinical governance. To ensure the highest quality of service is delivered by following local and national quality and performance standards, guidance, procedures, and practice guidelines. To ensure that all work is performed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, including Incident Reporting. To support the wider service with additional interventions as appropriate and with relevant training, e.g. initial clinical assessment, second signatory for controlled drugs, urine testing, dry blood-spot testing, etc. Perform CHAT assessments as requested. Communication: To participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. To liaise and communicate relevant information with partner agencies within local and Trust guidelines. To promote an open dialogue culture, where a positive culture of improving communication and maintaining healthy therapeutic relationships with clients is enhanced and valued. To contribute to the promotion of team cohesiveness and working collaboratively with colleagues in all parts of the Trust to achieve healthy and effective communication. To work collaboratively in developing professional links with other statutory and voluntary service providers, ensuring a corporate approach is adopted. Person specification Experience Essential criteria Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or offending behaviour problems and/or other disabilities Evidence of working with children and young people with substance misuse difficulties Desirable criteria Experience of paid work in direct care provision. Experience of working in prisons and/or with adolescents, in forensic services and/or Substance misuse or CAMHS services. Experience of working with young people with gang affiliations Experience of co-facilitating psychosocial groups. Experience of working within a team. Experience of using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows Experience of collating and inputting NDTMS data Experience of working in mental health substance misuse or related services Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes Ability to manage own caseload and time Training and Qualification Essential criteria Evidence of working with children, teenagers or adults with Substance misuse difficulties Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate level or the equivalent Desirable criteria Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a specific psychological therapy Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree Other relevant postgraduate degree Motivational interviewing skills Knowledge and Skills Essential criteria High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers family and colleagues in a way that addresses service user’s particular needs. An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health or substance misuse context. An understanding of psychology applied to health care. Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training Experience using IT for databases or data-analysis. Desirable criteria High standard of report writing skills Personal Essential criteria An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines An ability to establish and sustain engagement with people who have mental health problems and severely challenging behaviours including sexually harmful behaviours Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals Knowledge of our business and how it supports patient care. Desirable criteria An interest in working with people with forensic histories, mental health problems.