HMP Chelmsford is a busy local remand prison where the successful candidate will deliver client centred treatment using both harm reduction and abstinence based treatment approaches depending on the requirements of the individual client.

Working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to prisoners with problematic substance misuse.

Day to day you will be responsible for managing a caseload, providing appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assessments, and care plans; you will deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions on both Substance Misuse and Low Level Mental Health topics and provide transitional support from prison to the community to prepare service users for release.