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About the Role
As a Female Prison In-Reach Recovery Worker, you will identify, engage, and support service users with drug and/or alcohol needs within the prison system. Your role will focus on delivering targeted interventions and robust release planning to reduce substance misuse, re-offending, and associated harm, ensuring seamless transitions and timely access to community support upon release.
Responsibilities
- Act as a key liaison between prison in-reach teams and community drug/alcohol services to support continuity of care, shared case management, and coordinated risk reduction planning.
- Carry out prison-based screenings, initial assessments, and risk assessments, developing recovery plans in partnership with service users prior to release.
- Provide harm reduction education, overdose prevention, and relapse management planning with service users in custody and following release into the community.
- Deliver and promote Naloxone provision pre- and post-release, and train service users and peers in its use where appropriate.
- Conduct home visits, hostel visits, and community outreach as needed to maintain engagement, particularly with high-risk individuals and those at risk of disengagement.
- Work collaboratively with police, probation, mental health, housing, and social care partners to address the complex needs of high-risk service users and promote recovery and rehabilitation.
Requirements
- Empathy and Understanding: A strong grasp of substance misuse issues and experience working within the Criminal Justice field.
- Clear Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with proficiency in IT.
- Self-Motivated and Organised: Ability to take initiative, manage time effectively, and prioritise tasks.
- Knowledgeable and Resourceful: Good understanding of mental health interventions and services.
- Team-Oriented: A supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills, comfortable collaborating with a range of professionals and stakeholders.
- Adaptable: Ability to manage change effectively, always prioritising the needs of our service users.
- Committed to Best Practices: Understanding of information governance processes and dedication to applying all necessary safeguards.
- Continuous Learner: Enthusiastic about seeking out learning opportunities and contributing to the development of others.
- Approved for Restricted Institutional Access: The successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain HMPPS security clearance.
- Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Skills
- Substance misuse issues
- Criminal Justice field experience
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- IT proficiency
- Time management
- Task prioritization
- Mental health interventions
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaboration
- Change management
- Information governance
- Safeguards application
- Learning and development contribution
Location
- Southall
Work Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Full-time
Salary/Compensations
- CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41) pro rata
- Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47) pro rata
Benefits
- Dedicated weekly Wellness Hour
- Access to Wellness Hub
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Extensive training
- Funded learning
- Pathways into senior or specialist roles
- Transparent pay
- Contributory pension scheme
- Additional support through wellbeing resources
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing to 30 days over five years of service
- Supportive, values-led team environment
- Flexible working patterns
- Discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays
- Refer a Friend scheme
About the Company
- Change Grow Live is a charity committed to making a real difference in the lives of the people we support.
- Our core values – Be open, be compassionate, and be bold – guide everything we do.
- We believe in treating everyone as an individual, providing support with respect and care, and working together to create meaningful change.
Equal Opportunity
- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.