Band 4 - Recovery Coordinator - Substance Misuse - HMP Eastwood Park

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

If you are a resilient, compassionate and recovery focused support worker, who has a good understanding of substance misuse, and has the ability to work flexibly in a challenging environment, this may be the role for you.

HMP Eastwood Park is female prison housing up to 440 women who are both sentenced and remanded. The healthcare service is formed through a consortium of agencies, AWP works alongside the main contractor Practice Plus Group.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the substance misuse psychosocial team you will have the opportunity to work alongside an experienced multi-disciplinary team, that is supportive and motivated to deliver outstanding care. We strive to use the expertise and resources within our team, organisation, and partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe and focused on people's recovery. All our staff are pivotal in the quality of care we provide and we are committed to enabling them to develop both professional and personally.

Successful candidates will have previously completed, or be committed to completing, the care certificate, or equivalent qualification.

Applicants will be required to work 30 hours a week, primarily Monday to Friday, with the additions of some Saturday shifts.

The successful candidate will be required to obtain prison security clearance in addition to DBS and reference checks.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

20 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata (pending pay award)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

342-SS138-0824

Job locations

HMP Eastwood Park

Falfield

GL12 8DB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide a defined drug and alcohol service to an allocated caseload of service users, having responsibility for the assessment of needs, the planning and implementation of treatment and care to meet those needs as agreed in line with personal recovery goals.

Liaise as appropriate with other members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the care of individual service users.

The role will also require undertaking and delivering defined activities and interventions for a caseload of identified service users, in accordance with the agreed personal recovery plan. This maybe either on a one to one basis, or as part of a group activity.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Liaise as appropriate with other members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the care of individual service users.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Has experience of working in substance misuse
Has experience of working in criminal justice

Desirable

Has experience of working with service users with a variety of co-existing difficulties.

Training & Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate training around recovery orientated interventions.

Desirable

Relevent qualification in the field of health and social care.

Caseload Management

Essential

Able to form and sustain professional and therapeutic relationships with service users.
Has a good undertsanding of managing risk and is able to complete a comprehensive risk assessment.
Has experience of care planning and demonstrates an understanding of the importance of co-production and person centred care.

Desirable

Is able to demonstrate using supervision and/or reflective practice to inform case management.

IT

Essential

Demonstrates they are IT literate.

Desirable

Has previous experience of using a healthcare or criminal justice related user interfaces.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Has experience of working in substance misuse
Has experience of working in criminal justice

Desirable

Has experience of working with service users with a variety of co-existing difficulties.

Training & Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate training around recovery orientated interventions.

Desirable

Relevent qualification in the field of health and social care.

Caseload Management

Essential

Able to form and sustain professional and therapeutic relationships with service users.
Has a good undertsanding of managing risk and is able to complete a comprehensive risk assessment.
Has experience of care planning and demonstrates an understanding of the importance of co-production and person centred care.

Desirable

Is able to demonstrate using supervision and/or reflective practice to inform case management.

IT

Essential

Demonstrates they are IT literate.

Desirable

Has previous experience of using a healthcare or criminal justice related user interfaces.

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.