Prison Caseworker

Contract: 37.5 hours, permanent

**Salary**: £22,680.90 per annum

Location: HMP Swansea, Swansea

We are looking for compassionate individuals to work with us to address the causes of drug and/or alcohol related offending and risk of harm to individuals, families, peers and their communities. You will achieve this through assessment, engagement, and diverting individual offenders out of crime and into appropriate levels of interventions. The Service will include developing and sustaining close working relationships with a number of organisations to align to and support the work of the three Area Planning Boards (Western Bay, Cardiff the Vale and Cwm Taf Morgannwg).It will also provide support for adult offenders and prisoners who have a drug and/or alcohol dependency who reside within the seven unitary local authority areas of South Wales.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Provide advice, information, support, harm minimisation advice, brief and structured interventions in relation to substance misuse and signposting to available/appropriate services to the target group
- Provide a range of accurate, relevant and factual information on drugs and alcohol and their effects to prisoners and to professionals within prisons, that is accessible and meaningful in terms of context, language, and literacy.
- Provide substance misuse assessment, case management and care planning to individuals engaged with the service.
- Facilitate group work sessions alongside prison staff and healthcare teams.
- Reduce the risk of overdose by providing advice and information to reduce relapse and deliver Naloxone/Prenoxad training prior to release.
- Ensure the service offers information, advice on services available and support to service users with the aim of enhancing motivation and create an awareness of the possibilities for personal change.
- Liaise with appropriate services to ensure continuity of treatment and support, for those receiving treatment prior to custody, during custody, on transfer, and on return to the community; including being the main lead for substance misuse whilst the prisoner is in custody.

**Person Specification**:

- NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care and/or relevant professional qualification.
- Experience of building productive working relationships with a range of partners
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams.
- Experience of working towards achieving individual and team objectives

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,680.90 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: AF024