Substance Misuse Worker

Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

**Salary**: £24,440.00
Posted: 2 Feb 2023
Closes: 16 Feb 2023

**Job Type**: Full Time and Permanent
Business Unit: UK Central Government Services
Region / Division: UK & Ireland
Reference: 13226

**Role Responsibility**:
**SUBSTANCE MISUSE WORKER**

**HMP Five Wells, Wellingborough**

**£24,440 per annum, Permanent**

**Full Time 40 hours per week**

**This is a great opportunity to be a part of something exciting and let your experience lead the way**

A brand new contract, large scale employment opportunities; HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough will set a new standard for new build prisons of the future, using forward-thinking design and technology.
The Prison is the UK’s first purpose-built, new resettlement Prison. A one of a kind new generation category C new build Prison for the future, HMP Five Wells will be an integral part of the local community.

G4S Care & Rehabilitation Services (CaRS) already successfully manages 4 prisons, one secure training centre and a number of community contracts in England and Wales.

The philosophy of our prisons is rehabilitation, equipping our residents with the skills to re-integrate into mainstream society on release.

We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and residents feel safe.

We are looking for Substance Misuse Workers to join our Resettlement Services Team at HMP Five Wells.

Reporting to the Drug Strategy Manager, the Substance Misuse Worker will provide a full professional service to prisoners on drug use and treatment services in support of rehabilitation processes.
You will support and encourage service users to overcome their substance misuse addictions to aid their successful resettlement through the delivery of awareness, support and workshop programmes.

Some of the key responsibilities to this role are:

- Provide information, advice and support to sentenced drug users in drug use and treatment services to provide them with appropriate opportunities for rehabilitation in line with current best practise.
- Provide an assessment and referral service to sentenced drug users to link them directly with community based treatment and rehabilitation or drug services within other prisons.
- Liaise with agencies within the criminal justice field and drug treatment and rehabilitation services to support the development of treatment plans for drug users.
- Prepare reports as required to support prisoner information for courts, parole and sentence planning boards.
- Maintain complete records of work including ACCT documentation as required and compile statistics for management information as required in order to meet relevant standards.
- Conduct one to one work with selected prisoners to meet individual needs of the prisoner
- Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.
- G4S is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and the post holder must support these goals.
- Act in accordance with security and operational instructions at all times to ensure the maintenance of security within the secure environment.
- The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

You must possess excellent communication skills both written and oral, alongside good negotiation and influencing skills with experience of working in a custodial setting.

It is essential that you have experience of working within a multifunctional and demanding environment. You will be a dynamic and engaging individual with a good sense of humour.
As a proven professional, you will be an integral part of the HMP Five Wells team.

In return, you can expect to be rewarded with a competitive salary, holiday entitlement, life assurance, company pension, comprehensive training and career development.

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 3 years.

You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 5 years as part of the security screening process for this role.