Job summary
Employer heading
Recovery Worker
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Do you want to make a real difference as a Psychosocial Recovery Worker? Then look no further than our Psychosocial Substance Misuse Support Team at HMP Askham Grange.
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Recovery Worker. The team is innovative, forward thinking and committed to a Recovery focused approach that meets people's needs. You will be part of a supportive team with effective management, supervision and guidance .
This is a fantastic chance to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable and to implement and coordinate a recovery wing.
Are you:
- passionate about providing high quality care and support?
- skilled/experienced in providing evidence based psychological/psychosocial interventions geared towards supporting people to make positive changes and work towards recovery?
- highly motivated with the ability to support and inspire?
- able to apply your skills/interventions to the care of people with mild to moderate substance misuse needs.
Please note this post is exempt under section 7 (2) (e) and (f) of The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and therefore open to female applicants only.
Main duties of the job
As a recovery worker, you will:
- Provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions to those people experiencing substance misuse problems.
- Work in a custodial environment delivering a high quality drug and alcohol recovery service in response to need.
- Provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting people to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.
- Work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met.
- Provide a drug and alcohol recovery service (incorporating assessment, recovery planning, casework coordination and psycho-social interventions) to people located within the prison establishment.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for the full list of responsibilities:
- Working as part of the team you will provide varied and comprehensive interventions in-line with the stepped care model.
- Working in partnership with key agencies to ensure service users are supported on their individual recovery journeys.
- Delivering the substance misuse and wellbeing elements of the integrated offender team.
- Facilitating groups.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 Health and Social Care (or commitment to work towards) and/or relevant experience in a comparable setting.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant training/qualification in associated field ie, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Brief solution focussed therapy, Mapping techniques, Auricular acupuncture trained, SMART Recovery
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of integrated working practices.
- 12 months minimum experience of working with substance users
- Experience of group facilitation.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of criminal justice field / prison setting
- Experience of working with offenders
- Experience of group facilitation
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lyndsay Berry
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01924 803063
- Additional information
- If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Lyndsay as we would love to hear from you.**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.********This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****
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