Substance Misuse Support Worker

• 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.

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

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.

• 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.
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• 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.