Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Practice Plus Group; Ilford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a compassionate and driven Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to support patients in a secure environment. This full-time position involves delivering personalized care, managing caseloads, and conducting group sessions. Candidates should have relevant experience, excellent communication skills, and a non-judgemental approach. The role offers a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and various employee benefits including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Experience in a prison or secure environment is preferred.
• Familiarity with multi-disciplinary frameworks including health care and mental health pathways.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to psychosocial patients and manage a caseload of 30-40.
• Conduct group sessions on overdose awareness and harm reduction.
• Prepare patients for release and transfer.

Skills

Substance misuse experience

Excellent communication skills

Non-judgemental approach

Compassionate approach

Flexible approach

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Recovery Worker to join the team at HMP Risley, a Category C male prison located near Warrington. HMP Risley offers a fast paced, unique rewarding environment to learn and develop.

Join the Recovery Team and empower those whom wish to make changes in their behaviour to promote health and well-being through recovery from drugs and alcohol.

This is a crucial role within the healthcare team, making a real difference to patients, and delivering outstanding care.

Hours

This is a full time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Shifts are 8am - 4pm.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary of £29,264 - £33,510 dependent on experience.

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

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

What you'll be doing

As our new Substance Misuse Recovery Worker, your responsibilities will vary. Some of your duties will include:

• Delivering 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 (around 30-40) with varying needs, including substance misuse, mental health, trauma etc
• Deliver group sessions on overdose awareness, harm reduction etc
• Providing 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
• Delivering care on a 1-1 basis as well as group sessions

We have a wide range of opportunities for development and learning, both internal and external.

It doesn’t stop there … we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Our new Substance Misuse Recovery Worker will:

• Have experience within Substance misuse, ideally a prison / secure environment, and ideally within a Recovery Worker / Practitioner role
• Have experience of working within the substance misuse multi-disciplinary framework, which includes housing, social care, health care and mental health pathways
• Have a flexible approach, and excellent communication skills
• Have a non-judgemental and compassionate approach

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.