Substance Misuse Worker

Role Responsibility:

SUBSTANCE MISUSE WORKER

HMP Five Wells, Wellingborough

£24,440 per annum, Permanent

Full Time 40 hours per week

Excellent Company benefits including Pension Scheme, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, local Gym discounts, ongoing training and development and access to High Street Shop discounts.

Rarely does an opportunity to make your mark or change your career path entirely come up like this in a very unique environment.

About us

G4S Care & Rehabilitation Services (CaRS) successfully manages five prisons, one secure training centre and a number of community contracts across England and Wales. The philosophy of our business is to
rehabilitate young people and equip them with the skills needed to resettle back into society. Our aim is to create an environment in which our employees and our young people feel safe and supported.

A brand new Rehabilitation Prison; 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.
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.

This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for prisoners to develop their life skills and address the behaviours that have led
them into custody.

About the role
We are now looking for a Substance Misuse Worker to join our Resettlement Team.

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.

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.
• 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.
• Prepare reports as required to support prisoner information for courts, parole and sentence planning boards.
• Conduct one to one work with selected prisoners to meet individual needs.
• 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.

The Ideal Candidate:

About you

We are looking for a highly motivated and determined person, with the ability to be resilient, confident with a tenacious can-do attitude, have the ability to embrace complexity and be a part of a busy and fast paced team.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must, as well as working proactively and have critical thinking & problem-solving skills.

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.

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services culture. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aim to support all employees to be their true selves.
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process.

G4S is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and the post holder must support these goals.