Team Leader - HMP Bronzefield

Overview

The Forward Trust, are a UK leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services to offenders. We deliver treatment and recovery support – in prisons and in the community – which helps people move away from addiction and crime. These services provide a variety of support, including advice, counselling, group work and intensive treatment. At The Forward Trust we believe that all people who are addicted to or misusing substances should have access to support which is effective in protecting their health, and motivating them to take steps towards their own recovery. Over 20 years of pursuing this mission, we have been successful in moving thousands of drug dependent offenders away from a lifestyle revolving around crime, and drug or alcohol dependence.

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with ‘Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.

The Forward Trust provide both clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services across Surrey Prisons in partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Each service operates a Health and Wellbeing framework taking a trauma informed and gender responsive approach to delivery of a wide variety of interventions and integrated pathways tailored to meet specific needs of each prison and individual service users.

What you will be doing?

You will be based on site working within a team that have a broad skills mix providing recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to service users aged 18 and over at:  HMP/YOI Bronzefield located on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford TW15 3JZ. HMP & YOI Bronzefield is a dynamic and forward-thinking women’s prison which accommodates a diverse and complex population of women from courts across the South of England. Services are designed to deliver clinical treatment, psychosocial interventions and accredited group programmes for those held in prison that are identified as having an alcohol or drug issues.

As a Team Leader you will be responsible for leading a team of Health and Well-being Practitioners contributing to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners, providing supervision, training and guidance to practitioners and supporting the unit, management team. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role.

• Support the service manager in developing relations and set team and individual objectives to implement and achieve strategic objectives.
• Take an active role in the implementation and achievement of team objectives and developing supportive relationships with supervisees and other colleagues in the unit
• Alert the Service manager to any significant risks or problems arising in the course of managing and monitoring the services.
• Ensure case management/programme documentation is maintained to the expected audit standards.
• Support and monitor supervisees to manage their caseload effectively, making sure that clients are prioritised appropriately and seen in a timely manner.
• Ensure that case management interventions are delivered in accordance with the needs of the service users, audit and are CQC compliant.

Please be aware that the service operate 7 days a week, therefore weekend working on a rota basis will be required.

What we are looking for?

• Experience of working within the substance misuse services within a prison
• Direct line management and/or providing supervision, appraisals, guidance and constructive feedback to supervisees
• Experience carrying out comprehensive assessments, designing and implementing SMART care plans.
• Delivering structured interventions to service users and experience of facilitating therapeutic groups.
• Previous experience of working in a 12 step primary care programme. Utilising clinical supervision.

What we offer

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Employee Wellbeing Days (3 x days in addition to annual leave entitlement)
• Electric Car Scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Acess to Blue Light Card
• Simply Health packages
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Person specification

Team Leader - Surrey - HMPYOI Bronzefield