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<h2>Introduction</h2>
	
		
			
<p>Are you ready to deliver exceptional psychiatric care in a clinical setting? Join our dedicated team at St Neots as the Associate Specialist Doctor and play a key role in providing high-quality care to service users with complex mental health needs.</p>
<p>Working under the direction and supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will undertake psychiatric and external assessments for service users referred to the unit, ensuring the appropriate level of care is provided. You will collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive Care Programmes tailored to individual needs.</p>
<p>Your responsibilities will include preparing discharge summaries, reports and documentation for CPA meetings, as well as First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers’ hearings. You will arrange and review clinical tests and investigations, take responsibility for chasing results and act promptly on findings. Supporting physical health care is a vital part of the role, including sharing responsibility for bloods and ECGs with the site phlebotomist, and ensuring ward staff carry out physical observations in line with medical instructions.</p>
<p>You will participate in learning activities, supervision and Clinical Governance initiatives, contributing to audits, research and teaching. Delivering staff training relevant to the service user group and supporting service development will also form part of your remit. To ensure continuity of care, you will work effectively with colleagues to maintain medical cover at all times, including participation in the on-call rota and providing prospective cover for other specialty doctors during leave periods.</p>
<p><strong>As an Associate Specialist Doctor, you will:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>Undertake psychiatric and external assessments for clients referred to the unit to determine the appropriate level of care to be provided, under the direction and supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist, and work with the MDT to ensure delivery of the Care Programme.</li>
    <li>Prepare discharge summaries, reports and other associated documentation as necessary e.g. for CPA meetings, as directed and supervised by the Consultant Psychiatrist.</li>
    <li>Participate in learning activities and supervision.</li>
    <li>Participation in Clinical Governance activities, and account for contracted hours utilised in research, Continuing Professional Development and other non-clinical duties as necessary in a timely manner.</li>
    <li>Working effectively with colleagues to ensure that clients have access to appropriate medical cover at all time, which will require participation in an on-call rota for the site.</li>
    <li>The post holder will be expected to support the GP in delivering physical health care and emergency treatment to patients in complex care.</li>
    <li>Arrange appropriate clinical tests and investigations and take responsibility for chasing up results and acting on them in a timely manner.</li>
    <li>Ensure physical observations by ward staff are carried out in accordance with medical instructions. Review physical observation findings and act upon them in a clinically appropriate manner.</li>
    <li>Providing oral evidence at First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearings under the supervision of the Consultant (Depending on your experience).</li>
    <li>Contributing to the service development by participating in Clinical Governance activities by conducting audits, research and teaching.</li>
    <li>Work effectively with colleagues to ensure that patients are able to access appropriate medical cover at all times.</li>
    <li>Providing prospective cover to other specialty doctors when they are on leave.</li>
    <li>Be part of the on-call cover rota.</li>
    <li>Deliver staff training relevant to the service user group.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>To be successful in this role:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>MBBS or equivalent</li>
    <li>GMC Registration and licence to practice</li>
    <li>Appraisal or RITA in last year</li>
    <li>In good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists for CPD</li>
    <li>Experience in working in Mental Health</li>
    <li>Appropriate experience for specialty being applied for</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What You’ll Get</strong></p>
<p>At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Competitive annual salary</li>
    <li>30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!</li>
    <li>A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution</li>
    <li>Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals</li>
    <li>Voluntary benefits</li>
    <li>Medical indemnity cover</li>
    <li>Access to our Rewards &amp; Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!</li>
    <li>Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance</li>
    <li>Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts</li>
    <li>Life Assurance, for added peace of mind</li>
    <li>Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.</li>
    <li>24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be</li>
    <li>Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time</li>
    <li>Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>About your next employer:</strong></p>
<p>Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities &amp; Autism, Children &amp; Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.</p>
<p>Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.</p>
<p><em>Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.</em></p>
		
	
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Associate Specialist  

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (LPFT) delivers an NHS Talking Therapies service. An opportunity has arisen for a qualified counsellor Band 5 or Band 6 to join the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies service based in Spalding although you may also be required to cover alternative bases to meet service need. The Service provides evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model, treating people with mild to moderate common mental health problems. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a major national service, which has fundamentally changed the way in which psychological treatments are provided.</p> <p><em><strong>CLOSING DATE: 30th December 2025</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>INTERVIEWS: 15th January 2026</strong></em></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be able to work within a team environment and be thoroughly conversant with the use of clinical systems.</p> <p>The Band 5 counsellor will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing counselling for depression. The post holder will be expected to hold a clinical caseload and will be provided with clinical supervision. The service will provide the relevant training to acquire a qualification in a Talking Therapies modality of PCE-CfD.</p> <p>To acquire the Band 6 post the candidate will need to continue to hold a caseload, be accredited with a professional body, complete and pass a qualification in a Talking Therapy modality PCE-CfD. They will be responsible in providing clinical supervision to counselling colleagues.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.</p>
<p>You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!</p>
<p>We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.</p>
<p>This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>27 November 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 5</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £31,049 to £37,796 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>274-11581-AC-B</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Riverside House</p>
      <p>15a High Street</p>
      <p>Spalding</p>
            <p>PE11 1TW</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.</p> <p>When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.</p> <p>We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:</p> <p> Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy</p> <p> Competitive annual leave allowance</p> <p> Car leasing scheme</p> <p> NHS pension scheme</p> <p> Free eye tests</p> <p> Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme</p> <p> Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants</p> <p><em><strong>Get in touch today:</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>For further information regarding this post please contact Barbara Keogh, Team Manager for Spalding Talking Therapies, on 01775 761855, 07976 279390 or email <a href="mailto:Barbara.Keogh1@nhs.net" target="_blank">Barbara.Keogh1@nhs.net</a></strong></em></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.</p> <p>When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.</p> <p>We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:</p> <p> Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy</p> <p> Competitive annual leave allowance</p> <p> Car leasing scheme</p> <p> NHS pension scheme</p> <p> Free eye tests</p> <p> Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme</p> <p> Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants</p> <p><em><strong>Get in touch today:</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>For further information regarding this post please contact Barbara Keogh, Team Manager for Spalding Talking Therapies, on 01775 761855, 07976 279390 or email <a href="mailto:Barbara.Keogh1@nhs.net" target="_blank">Barbara.Keogh1@nhs.net</a></strong></em></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Diploma in counselling (therapeutic)</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of continued professional development</li>
        
        <li>Meets the criteria for accreditation with BCAP</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Accreditation with BCAP</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Demonstrable evidence of supervised practice</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of a broad range of psychological therapies including time limited interventions</li>
        
        <li>Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage own caseload and time</li>
        
        <li>Ability to meet agreed/ specified service targets</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of the application of counselling in mental health practice</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework.</li>
          
          <li>Counselling in a GP practice or Healthcare setting</li>
          
          <li>Delivery of time limited interventions</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Good written and communication skills</li>
        
        <li>A good level of analytical and judgemental skills</li>
        
        <li>Excellent organisational skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to carry out assessment</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of Child Safe guarding requirements</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of adult safe guarding requirements</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of common mental health problems and of current approaches to treatment e.g NICE Guidelines</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>IT skills</li>
          
          <li>Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Diploma in counselling (therapeutic)</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of continued professional development</li>
          
          <li>Meets the criteria for accreditation with BCAP</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Accreditation with BCAP</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Demonstrable evidence of supervised practice</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of a broad range of psychological therapies including time limited interventions</li>
          
          <li>Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage own caseload and time</li>
          
          <li>Ability to meet agreed/ specified service targets</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of the application of counselling in mental health practice</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework.</li>
            
            <li>Counselling in a GP practice or Healthcare setting</li>
            
            <li>Delivery of time limited interventions</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Good written and communication skills</li>
          
          <li>A good level of analytical and judgemental skills</li>
          
          <li>Excellent organisational skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to carry out assessment</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of Child Safe guarding requirements</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of adult safe guarding requirements</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of common mental health problems and of current approaches to treatment e.g NICE Guidelines</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>IT skills</li>
            
            <li>Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Riverside House</p>
      <p>15a High Street</p>
      <p>Spalding</p>
            <p>PE11 1TW</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Riverside House</p>
          <p>15a High Street</p>
          <p>Spalding</p>
                    <p>PE11 1TW</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Counsellor

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Social Work Support Worker required to join a busy and diverse mental health social work team in the north of the county.</p> <p>Our team primarily support Older People who have previously or are currently experiencing mental health needs and require additional care and support, extending that support and guidance to carers and family, as a holistic approach to wellbeing.</p> <p>This role involves working directly with service users and their families, lone working or in partnership with other professionals and organisations, and requires a dynamic, positive personality to help achieve the best outcomes for our service users and team.You will have a good basic level of education and be able to travel independently around the county.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li>To work with eligible users of Older Peoples Social Services to provide resilience and independence focused interventions. This will be achieved through ongoing support, practical assistance and problem resolution under the supervision of Social care.</li>
<li>To assess need and eligibility of service users supported by the team.</li>
<li>To contribute to the regular reviews of service users supported by the team.</li>
<li>To ensure these reviews in conjunction with MDT colleagues support the transforming lives and care act agenda.</li>
<li>To deliver person centred care and support focussing on collaborative relationships. This will include facilitating and empowering the person to develop personal and social networks that are meaningful to them. To aid and facilitate what the person defines as 'their good life'.</li>
<li>Where appropriate to work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the persons individual social care needs are met</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.</p> <p>Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.</p> <p>To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.</p> <p><strong>Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.</strong></p> <p><strong>Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.</strong></p> <p><strong>For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.cpft.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.cpft.nhs.uk</a></strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>10 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £27,485 to £30,162 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>310-OPAC-7520095</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Newtown Centre</p>
      <p>Nursery Road</p>
      <p>Huntingdon</p>
            <p>PE29 3RJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The primary aim of this post is to maximise peoples independence by promoting recovery focused principles and values.</li>
<li>This can be achieved by supporting people to learn new or regain forgotten skills.</li>
<li>To enhance their confidence to achieve meaningful opportunities within their everyday routines within a timely manner.</li>
<li>To develop their social support network via family, friends, carers and the wider community.</li>
<li>To support the person to meet the outcomes identified which are specific, measurable and achievable.</li>
<li>Work with people to facilitate access and engage in a range of socially inclusive and vocational community-based facilities.</li>
<li>To work with people to facilitate the development of appropriate professional relationships based on respect and promote hope. Help people gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights, voluntary work, social support and legal rights by offering practical support, advice and information.</li>
<li>Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the persons progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individuals care.</li>
<li>Participate in regular planning and review meetings with other appropriate professionals.</li>
<li>To positively develop links with other support services within CPFT, PCC and Voluntary sector organisations, (Recovery Coach, Community Connectors, Peer Support Workers, Volunteers, - Recovery College).</li>
<li>Maintain adequate records as required as per existing procedures, and contacting named professional when necessary.</li>
<li>Attend and participate in wider team assessment /care plan review meetings as appropriate.</li>
<li>To develop and maintain good working relationships with statutory, independent and voluntary agencies to support people in achieving their goals. Participate in the ongoing review of the STRR workers role and contribute to the trust-wide process.</li>
<li>Work flexibly as required by the individual and the Employer, which may require working out of normal office hours.</li>
<li>To support people to maximise independence and choice. To help people overcome barriers to social inclusion by supporting them to identify and challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.</li>
<li>To have good team working skills &amp; the ability to work independently within the community Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Foundation Trust values.</li>
<li>To complete Mandatory training as required. To maintain your Continuing professional Development, keeping your professional skills up to date.</li>
</ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The primary aim of this post is to maximise peoples independence by promoting recovery focused principles and values.</li>
<li>This can be achieved by supporting people to learn new or regain forgotten skills.</li>
<li>To enhance their confidence to achieve meaningful opportunities within their everyday routines within a timely manner.</li>
<li>To develop their social support network via family, friends, carers and the wider community.</li>
<li>To support the person to meet the outcomes identified which are specific, measurable and achievable.</li>
<li>Work with people to facilitate access and engage in a range of socially inclusive and vocational community-based facilities.</li>
<li>To work with people to facilitate the development of appropriate professional relationships based on respect and promote hope. Help people gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights, voluntary work, social support and legal rights by offering practical support, advice and information.</li>
<li>Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the persons progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the individuals care.</li>
<li>Participate in regular planning and review meetings with other appropriate professionals.</li>
<li>To positively develop links with other support services within CPFT, PCC and Voluntary sector organisations, (Recovery Coach, Community Connectors, Peer Support Workers, Volunteers, - Recovery College).</li>
<li>Maintain adequate records as required as per existing procedures, and contacting named professional when necessary.</li>
<li>Attend and participate in wider team assessment /care plan review meetings as appropriate.</li>
<li>To develop and maintain good working relationships with statutory, independent and voluntary agencies to support people in achieving their goals. Participate in the ongoing review of the STRR workers role and contribute to the trust-wide process.</li>
<li>Work flexibly as required by the individual and the Employer, which may require working out of normal office hours.</li>
<li>To support people to maximise independence and choice. To help people overcome barriers to social inclusion by supporting them to identify and challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.</li>
<li>To have good team working skills &amp; the ability to work independently within the community Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Foundation Trust values.</li>
<li>To complete Mandatory training as required. To maintain your Continuing professional Development, keeping your professional skills up to date.</li>
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    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education / Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Good level of secondary education to GCSE level</li>
        
        <li>GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Related Health or Social Care qualification</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a team or a group environment</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of working in a health or social care setting, either statutory or non-statutory service.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills &amp; Abilities
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>IT skills - Competent in MS applications and use of IT systems</li>
        
        <li>Full UK driving licence and ability to travel throughout the county with own transport.</li>
        
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    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
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        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
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    <p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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      <p>Newtown Centre</p>
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            <p>PE29 3RJ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust</p>
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          <p>Newtown Centre</p>
          <p>Nursery Road</p>
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            <p><a href="https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Social Work Support Worker

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn </strong></p> <p><strong>An exciting opportunity has become available within the Inclusion substance misuse team at HMP Stocken. We are recruiting for a full time band 5 Substance Misuse Practitioner.</strong></p> <p>Come and join a busy vibrant team supporting men with recovery from substances at HMP Stocken. You will be working with a case load of men, supporting them through psychosocial treatment for their substance misuse.</p> <p>HMP Stocken is a male Cat C prison and the Inclusion SMS team support the population by offering support for drug/alcohol issues.</p> <p>You would be joining a busy, established team who would support you in your new role. This is an energetic role for an individual who is passionate about providing good quality substance misuse support within a busy and rewarding environment. The variety of the role will keep things fresh and stimulating whilst being part of a supportive team with effective management providing supervision and guidance.</p>      <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As part of the Inclusion Substance Misuse Team you would hold a case load of service users and appropriately manage your time to support their pathway through treatment, building care plans to support the service users throughout their journey.</p>
<p>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 and supporting men to achieve their care plan targets.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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!</p> <p>For more about HMP Stocken and our incentives offer please see attached information.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>18 November 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      £31,049 to £37,796 a year
      
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  <p>301-IT-25-7615031</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>HMP Stocken</p>
      <p>Stocken Hall Road</p>
      <p>Leicestershire</p>
            <p>LE15 7RD</p>
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    <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is below:</strong></p> <ul>  <li>To deliver a steps-based, recovery orientated and outcome focussed service within the host prison with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice.</li>  <li>To work within an integrated team delivering psycho-social interventions to service users presenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol</li>  <li>To participate in activities designed to enhance the service such as clinical supervision and P.D.C. reviews, needs analysis, service user forums, increasing personal knowledge and remaining up to date with training</li>  <li> <p>To support and facilitate longer term psycho-social, CBT based group work requiring multiple session delivery.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To work with prisoners who have failed mandatory and voluntary urine tests and actively encourage them into treatment to engage in their recovery journey.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide structured interventions in accordance with the needs identified on an individual basis, in line with the goals identified and agreed on the recovery plan.</p> </li> </ul>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is below:</strong></p> <ul>  <li>To deliver a steps-based, recovery orientated and outcome focussed service within the host prison with a particular emphasis on high standards and good practice.</li>  <li>To work within an integrated team delivering psycho-social interventions to service users presenting with substance misuse issues, including alcohol</li>  <li>To participate in activities designed to enhance the service such as clinical supervision and P.D.C. reviews, needs analysis, service user forums, increasing personal knowledge and remaining up to date with training</li>  <li> <p>To support and facilitate longer term psycho-social, CBT based group work requiring multiple session delivery.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To work with prisoners who have failed mandatory and voluntary urine tests and actively encourage them into treatment to engage in their recovery journey.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide structured interventions in accordance with the needs identified on an individual basis, in line with the goals identified and agreed on the recovery plan.</p> </li> </ul>
    
  


      
  
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    <p>Inclusion</p>
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      <p>HMP Stocken</p>
      <p>Stocken Hall Road</p>
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        <p>Inclusion</p>
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            <p><a href="https://www.mpft.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Substance Misuse Practitioner

<p>These roles will sit outside IR35. They do require face to face assessments and reports can be written from home.</p><p>Work will be ongoing.</p><p>If you would be interested in undertaking assessments please send your updated CV in the first instance.</p><br><p>JBG81_UKTJ</p> . click apply for full job details

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