# Prison Substance Misuse Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** HMP Peterborough
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pa, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift rotation of one week of early shifts every 6 weeks)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T13:51:03.310Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Peterborough/Northamptonshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Secured_Services/Secured_Services-v8153221
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8153221?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are recruiting for a Recovery worker to work within our integrated Substance Misuse Service in HMP Peterborough to deliver a comprehensive range of needs-based health care services to patients with substance misuse issues. The post holder will provide psychosocial intervention in individual or group-based settings to support prisoners with current and/or a history of substance misuse, using Trauma Informed principles to aide recovery of the patients.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

### Main duties of the job

The Substance Misuse Team is part of the integrated Healthcare provision at HMP Peterborough. The team consists of Integrated Substance Mis-use Nurse, HCA and Substance Misuse Workers (Recovery). The team works closely with the Secondary Mental Health team and Healthcare Services to provide a Trauma Informed Well Being Service for residents.

The Substance misuse service (ISMS) maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better. Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in-to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### General

**Desirable**

- Understand of Trauma informed care
- Qualification in Substance Misuse Level 3 RQF
- Experience of working in a secure setting
- Facilitator of Group Work or Similar

### Shortlisting

**Essential**

- History/experience of working with substance misuse/mental health patients
- Patient care plans
- Examples of team working and independent working
- Organisational skills/Time management techniques

### Security Vetting

**Essential**

- The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

## Documents

- [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047)
- [prison substance misuse worker jd (pdf, 664.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10453143)

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