Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The Dyfodol Offender Interventions Service is an integrated partnership provision for South Wales and for the public sector prisons of HMP Cardiff, HMP Swansea and HMP Usk/Prescoed. The aim of the service is to address the causes of drug and/or alcohol related offending and risk of harm to individuals, families, and peers by providing individual and therapeutic group interventions for drug and alcohol related misuse and to reduce the levels of reoffending.

Please note:

Due to the nature of this post, the successful applicant will be subject to police checks and prison security clearance, in addition to enhanced Disclosure and Barring System checks, which must be maintained throughout employment in HM Prison Service.

Adherence to all relevant Prison Service Orders and Prison Service Instructions.

Role Responsibilities:

To organise and deliver recovery focused group sessions within the prison.

Facilitate a recovery focused programme addressing the needs of each individual, adhering to Treatment Manual and guidance provided by the Line Manager.

Work collaboratively with service users to meet the needs of the group.

Carry out individual one-to-one sessions and provide advice, information, support, harm minimisation advice, brief and structured interventions in relation to substance misuse and signposting to available/appropriate services in the community.

Provide health awareness to service users.

Provide a range of accurate information on drugs and alcohol and their effects on prisoners along with professionals within the prison which is accessible and meaningful in terms of context, language, and literacy.

Reduce the risk of overdose by providing Naloxone training, advice, and encouragement to service-users to accept Naloxone kits on release from prison.

Maintain accurate client records and collection of information for monitoring and evaluating effectiveness and quality of service.

Organise and manage time effectively to ensure service delivery opportunities are maximised.

Contribute to monitoring and reviewing procedures; ensure quarterly statistics and Key Performance Indicators are achieved.

Work in a non-judgmental, anti-discriminatory way at all times.

Carry out all tasks with professionalism and in line with the agencies policies and procedures.

Develop and maintain excellent relationships across all relevant forums.

Contribute to the achievement of targets and management information as required.

Undertake any other duties that from time to time may be required.

Professional:

To operate within policies and procedures.

To make regular use of supervision.

To be responsible for working within your own level of competence.

To undertake internal and external training as appropriate, and as required as part of Continuous Professional Development.

To develop and maintain professional working relationships with external agencies.

To work to Adferiad Recoverys values and within our behaviour framework.

To attend networking events as requested to promote Adferiad Recoverys services.

Prison Service Principles:

Deal fairly and humanely with service users.

Encourage service users to address offending behaviour and respect others.

Promote equal opportunities and combat discrimination wherever it occurs.

Work flexibly to agreed hours to ensure the most appropriate level of service provision.

Conduct all work in full awareness of the risk and issues presented by service users.

Work closely with Prison Offender Managers and interdepartmental staff.

Provide services that are delivered impartially to service users from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, with disabilities and who are vulnerable.

Keep up to date with developments in services, legislation, and practice relevant to the relevant client groups.

Ensure the implementation of all Adferiad and Dyfodol Consortium policies.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of building productive working relationships with a range of partners.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams.
• Experience of working towards achieving individual and team objectives.

Desirable

• Experience of working with substance misusers and/or offenders.
• Experience of working within a prison environment.

Other Relevant Requirements

Desirable

• Full driving license with access to own transport to be used for work purposes with appropriate insurance.

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care and/or relevant experience.

Desirable

• SMART recovery Facilitator Qualification.
• Naloxone administration training.
• Counselling qualification/certificate.

Skills

Essential

• An ability to organise own time and prioritise workload effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Good IT, report writing and note keeping skills, including maintaining all client records as required.
• A high level of motivation and enthusiasm, with a commitment to facilitating positive outcomes for service users.
• Ability to work part of a team.

Desirable

• Welsh language skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of effective individual and group interventions to engage service users.

Desirable

• Knowledge of local and national resources, legislation pertinent to the role.
• Knowledge of working with substance misuse in a range of settings.
• Knowledge of Harm Reduction Model and abstinent based approach.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Adferiad Recovery

Address

H M Prison

200 Oystermouth Road

Swansea

West Glamorgan

SA1 3SR

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