Substance Misuse Support Worker

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Substance Misuse Support Worker to join the team Substance Misuse team at HMP Lancaster Farms. HMP Lancaster Farms is a busy Category C male prison, currently holding around 550 males, and expanding by another 200.

Hours

This position is full time position working 37.5 hours per week and shifts will be between 8.00 - 19.00 Monday to Friday

Salary

You’ll receive an annual salary up to £29,723 per annum.

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 Support Worker, your responsibilities will vary.

• You will be working with other members of the health care team supporting with the assessment and delivery of harm reduction advice.
• Provide outstanding evidence-based care to patients seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised to their recovery journey and informed by what matters to them.
• Deliver non-judgemental care, alongside our integrated healthcare team in different locations across the site.
• You will support with the delivery of a range of psychosocial interventions through brief intervention and group work delivery.
• You will often be the first point of contact the patient will have with the SMS service, encouraging the patients to access support to improve their own health and wellbeing.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

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 they 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 Support Worker will:

• Experience in, or understanding of, working with recovery or other support services and understanding the challenges faced by our patients.
• Ability to quickly establish rapport with patients and use techniques to engage them in services.
• Ability to positively manage potentially challenging behaviour.
• Commitment to include patients in the development of service delivery utilising our Patient Engagement Strategy.
• Understanding, knowledge and commitment to harm reduction.
• Experience (or looking to gain) of working within the substance misuse multi-disciplinary frame work, that includes housing, social care, healthcare, and mental health pathways.