Prison Substance Misuse Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Recovery Worker within the integrated Substance Misuse Service at HMP Peterborough. The post holder will deliver comprehensive needs-based healthcare services to prisoners with substance misuse issues. This includes providing psychosocial interventions in individual or group settings, using Trauma Informed principles to support patient recovery. The team works closely with mental health and healthcare services, focusing on resettlement and reducing reoffending.
Essential criteria
- The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards. 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.
- Shortlisting
- 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
- 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
- Security Vetting
- The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards. 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.
- Shortlisting
- 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
- Security Vetting
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Prison Substance Misuse Worker
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
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 o
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