About the Role
We are recruiting for an Assertive Outreach Recovery Worker at HMP Highdown.
Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.
The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.
We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.”
Role Responsibilities
The role will focus on proactively supporting individual’s to positively engage with the service through social prescribing of activities in order to; reduce their sense of isolation, build pro-social connections, alleviate boredom, support their substance misuse treatment needs and improve wellbeing. You will be based on site working within a team of 20 that have a broad skills mix to deliver combined psychosocial and clinical interventions providing recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to service users aged 18 and over at: HMP Highdown a closed category adult male prison located in Banstead, Sutton.
On a day to day basis you will be carrying a case load, running groups and encouraging outreach on a prolific users dedicated wing.
This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. You will be supporting the Prison to help with a high number of service users who are using illicit substances prolifically in the prison The service operates 7 days a week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.
All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.
Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
- Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
- Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
- Co-residents
- Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
- Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
- Credit reference checks
- Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
- Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a dedicated and motivational individual who is a good communicator and can work well as part of a team. Please also see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.
- Experience of working with service user groups within front-line health services
- Experience of working within mental health or substance misuse services
- Strong IT skills