Substance Misuse Psychosocial Lead : HMP Ranby

apartmentNHS Jobs placeLowdham calendar_month 

You should have in-depth theoretical knowledge and clinical experience of substance misuse and evidence based, psycho-social interventions to include harm reduction, relapse prevention and management. It will be important to work collaboratively with the men to enable and empower them to take positive steps towards improving their health and wellbeing by developing their knowledge, insight and coping strategies about the origins of their problems to help them understand and manage their substance misuse issues.

You will need to be able to develop and maintain a programme of therapeutic interventions and support a team of Psychosocial workers to develop the appropriate skills and knowledge which will enable them to actively and meaningfully contribute to the delivery of the therapeutic programme.
You should have previous experience of working effectively within an MDT/interagency team and be able to communicate effectively with others. It is essential that you have the skills and compassion to understand and respond appropriately to service users who present with challenging and complex behaviours.
You will also need to be able to offer support in a crisis situation and have experience of working with patients who self-harm.You will need to ensure that you update mandatory training requirements are met and to have a proactive approach to self-development, working to maintain your own personal and professional development plan, appraise your own performance and discuss development needs with mentors, supervisors and line manager.

You will be expected to act as a positive role model to staff and patients. Participate in and offer regular clinical and managerial supervision.

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