Job summary

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Come and join a busy vibrant team supporting people with recovery from substances at HMP Leicester.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the team as a Band 5 Recovery Practitioner.

You will be working with a case load of people supporting them through psychosocial treatment for their substance use.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will include:

• Completing assessments and care planning.
• 1:1 structured work.
• Delivering group interventions.
• Supporting men through detox.
• Comprehensive case notes.
• Report writing.
• Supporting men to achieve their care plan targets

About us

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.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team! For more information about HMP Leicester and our incentives offer please see attached information.

Details

Date posted

10 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-IT-26-8267093

Job locations

HMP Leicester

Welford Road

Leicestershire

LE2 7AJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is as follows:

• To organise programme of groupwork within the establishment and to facilitate group work interventions as directed by Line Manager.
• To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate prioritisation for groupwork attendees.
• Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections.
• Be responsible maintaining an appropriate caseload with key worker responsibility.
• To carry out comprehensive assessments as required by their line manager.
• To co-produce and construct care packages with multi disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral.
• Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement and leading service user projects.
• To be involved with recruitment, management and supervision of recovery champions and mentor and provide them with training and regular support and to further develop the lived experience network
• To work with a range of professionals in ensuring service users needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.

Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is as follows: To organise programme of groupwork within the establishment and to facilitate group work interventions as directed by Line Manager. To accept referrals, assess need and make appropriate prioritisation for groupwork attendees. Provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C and other blood borne infections. Be responsible maintaining an appropriate caseload with key worker responsibility. To carry out comprehensive assessments as required by their line manager. To co-produce and construct care packages with multi disciplinary colleagues where required, review care plans in a structured format and manage onward referral. Demonstrable commitment to service user involvement and leading service user projects. To be involved with recruitment, management and supervision of recovery champions and mentor and provide them with training and regular support and to further develop the lived experience network To work with a range of professionals in ensuring service users needs in terms of safeguarding and mental health are met.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience within a supportive role

Qualifications

Essential

• Formal Health and Social qualification

Person Specification Experience Essential Experience within a supportive role Qualifications Essential Formal Health and Social qualification

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

Inclusion

Address

HMP Leicester

Welford Road

Leicestershire

LE2 7AJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Inclusion

Address

HMP Leicester

Welford Road

Leicestershire

LE2 7AJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)