About this role
Job summary
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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 support 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, 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. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team! For more information about HMP Leicester and our incentives offer please see attached information.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is as follows:
To deliver a steps-based, recovery orientated and outcome focussed service within the hostprison with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice.
To work within an integrated team delivering psycho-social interventions to service userspresenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol.
To participate in the prisons induction programme, encouraging and motivating clients to engage.
To use strengths-based approaches including mapping techniques and relevant paperwork inorder to carry out initial screening assessments.
To carry out further assessments that includes strengths-based node-link mapping techniquesand recovery planning.
Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical servicesand supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment. Including attending joint clinicalreviews 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 planappropriate to their needs.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Previous relevant experience
Qualifications Essential
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.
Employer details Employer name Inclusion
Address HMP Gartree
Gallow Field Rd
Leicestershire
LE16 7RP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)