Band 6 Substance Misuse Clinical Practitioner
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,951.00 to £56,863.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47951.00 - £56863.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, EC1V 4RW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-26-0262 |
Summary
To provide specialist psychosocial interventions, risk management and advice for highly complex service users with significant psychological difficulties following their release from prison; integrating highly complex information from a variety of sources addressing both risk and personality difficulties, and requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. To provide enhanced substance misuse support to people screened in to the OPD Pathway. This should be delivered in conjunction with, and avoiding duplication with, mainstream support available to people on probation, e.g., through the Dependency and recovery service for people on probation (London) - Forward Trust. To identify services and play a key role in building relationships with substance misuse services across East London To ensure that case formulations consider the function and role of substances in individuals offending behaviour and personality difficulties. To formulate and implement plans for service users effective support and management, based upon an appropriate theoretical and evidence-based framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence and practice and professional guidelines. To provide specialist substance misuse advice and consultation on resettlement to probation and prison staff, mental health services, and other relevant criminal justice, health and third sector agencies. To plan, organize and implement a range of specialist psychosocial interventions and activities requiring formulation and adjustment in response to service users, and where appropriate carers and involved professionals; co-working with clinical and non-clinical colleagues as appropriate. To evaluate and make decisions about interventions and support, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To communicate highly sensitive information and decisions in situations where there may be barriers to acceptance and a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment and interventions with service users whose problems are managed by psychosocially informed care/pathway plans within the OPD Pathway. This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.