Regional Programmes Team Leader - HMP High Down

Location: Sutton

Salary: £27,992 per annum, plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

We are currently recruiting for a Regional Programme Team Leader based at HMP High Down

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.”

About the role

You will be based on site working within a team that have a broad skills mix providing recovery orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to service users aged 18. Your base will be HMP Highdown, however there is expectation to provide the service to other establishments across the Surrey region.

Services are designed to deliver clinical treatment, psychosocial interventions and accredited group programmes for those held in prison that are identified as having an alcohol or drug issues. Services will deliver client centred treatment using both harm reduction and abstinence-based treatment approaches depending on the requirements of the individual client. You will be required to, provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions including structured treatment programmes. You may be required to complete second signatory duties and oral swab testing to support clinical treatment.

As a Team Leader you will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners, providing supervision, training and guidance to practitioners and supporting the unit, management team. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role. Some flexibility of delivery may be required within the role which may include weekend shifts depending on the individual service. There is an expectation to travel to other sites in the cluster to deliver structured treatment programmes

Key responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the delivery of recovery and well-being and pre-release interventions to address holistic recovery needs across all the projects.
• Ensure that programmes are delivered in accordance with the needs of the service users, are audit and CQC compliant and meet contractual obligations.
• Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive to inform treatment journeys.

 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 will have

• A Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent and have, (or be working towards) a recognised counselling qualification.
• Experience of working within substance misuse services.
• Experience of direct line management and/or providing supervision, appraisals, guidance and constructive feedback to supervisees.
• Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.
• Experience of delivering structured interventions to service users.
• Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups.
• Use of motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and group settings.
• Experience of promoting and supporting Equality and Diversity.
• The use of strong IT skills to support case management.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/135/regional-programmes-team-leader--hmp-high-down.html

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