Senior Practitioner

This band 6 will lead the direction of the service as well as supporting the men with their recovery., The post holder will co-ordinate and manage a caseload of service users, including those with complex substance use needs, developing and conducting assessments and managing care plans. You will support men through their care plan objectives by delivering substance misuse related psychosocial group and 1:1 interventions.
You will complete supervisions and appraisals, supporting the recovery practitioners in providing structured work to their service users and leading the team on a day to day basis to ensure effective service delivery and staff support. You will build and maintain links with community providers, working closely with partners to ensure the needs of each service users are met and that integrated working is a key element to Inclusion's services., + To work within a multi-disciplinary team, in HMP Leicester delivering a high standard drug and alcohol recovery service in response to the needs of the service users as part of Inclusion and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
+ To provide a range of psycho-social interventions motivating and supporting service users to achieve recovery and positive outcomes within a recovery-orientated substance misuse treatment service.
+ To work with the cluster manager on specific tasks identified to promote effective service delivery.
+ To hold a caseload of offenders with complex substance misuse problems, developing, monitoring and reviewing their recovery plans, focusing on their therapeutic needs and achievement of their recovery goals.
+ Work collaboratively with clinical services to ensure service users are referred for clinical services and supported whilst waiting for or receiving clinical treatment.
+ To facilitate longer term psycho-social, CBT based group work requiring multiple session delivery.

Are you looking to widen your experience working within a prison? Then look no further than our Team at HMP Leicester., Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.
We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.
We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.