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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 supports the population by offering support for drug/alcohol issues.
You would be joining a busy, established team who would support you in your new role.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining a well established, hard working 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 session 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.
About us
Inclusion is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Job responsibilities
To deliver a steps-based, recovery orientated and outcome focussed service within the host prison with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice.
To work within an integrated team delivering psycho-social interventions to service users presenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol.
To participate in the prison's induction programme, encouraging and motivating clients to engage.
To use strengths-based approaches including mapping techniques and relevant paperwork to carry out initial screening assessments.
To carry out further assessments that include 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.
To identify and formulate goals jointly agreed with the service user on their recovery plan appropriate to their needs.
Person Specification
Experience
Experience with high security prison settings and substance misuse interventions.
Qualifications
- A qualification in an area relevant to the health and social care field
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.
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum, pro rata.
