Job summary
- Main area
- Recovery Worker
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-IT-25-7204402
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Isle of Wight
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Recovery Worker
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Do you want to make a real difference as a Recovery Worker? Why not bring your compassion and skills to help support people in their recovery?
Our Integrated Mental Health and Substance Misuse Service at HMP Isle of Wight is 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.
Working with people who have complex offending backgrounds and mental health needs within prison is both challenging and rewarding. This is a fantastic chance to make a positive difference to the lives of people who are often disadvantaged and vulnerable.
Are you:
- passionate about providing high quality mental health 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 mental health needs that often co-exist with substance misuse needs.
then we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
To provide a range of low, medium and high intensity interventions as part of the Integrated Mental Health and Substance Misuse Team to those people experiencing substance misuse problems.
To work in a custodial environment delivering a high quality drug and alcohol recovery service in response to need.
To provide a range of interventions motivating and supporting people to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.
To work in collaboration with clinical prescribing services to ensure the needs of each service user is met.
To 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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a Health & Social Care setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification in a health and social care area
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- James Locke
- Job title
- Senior Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01983634121
- 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 James 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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