Health and Wellbeing Coordinator

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in London seeks a Health and Wellbeing Coordinator to deliver health interventions and support service users in a prison setting. This full-time role involves designing programs and ensuring effective health promotion strategies. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and experience in substance misuse interventions.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering harm reduction interventions for alcohol and drugs.
• Understanding of health promotion issues and behaviour change theories.

Responsibilities

• Deliver health and wellbeing sessions to service users.
• Design and prepare materials tailored to service users' needs.
• Lead on substance misuse promotion and health initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Flexibility

Job description

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Client:

Change Grow Live

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

14.05.2025

Expiry Date:

28.06.2025

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Job Description:

Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission ofhelping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Health and Wellbeing Coordinator to join the Psychosocial Substance Misuse Service at HMP/YOI Isis who has theskills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

The Health and Wellbeing Coordinator will lead on the delivery of a suite of health and wellbeing group interventions including but not limited to: life skills, physical activity, nutrition, mindfulness, positive relationships, managing emotions, harm reduction, naloxone and peer identified health priorities designed to complement the psychosocial intervention treatment offer.

As a Health and Wellbeing Coordinator with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Location: HMP Isis Thamesmead
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary : £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 pro rata, depending on experience

Contract Type: Permanent

Responsibilities

About the Role

• Deliver a suite of health and wellbeing sessions to include: life skills, physical activity, nutrition, mindfulness, positive relationships, managing emotions, harm reduction, naloxone and peer identified health priorities designed to complement the psychosocial intervention treatment offer.
• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups that are tailored to the specific needs on the service users.
• Ensure robust health promotion and harm reduction messages are integrated throughout the prison setting.
• Lead on substance misuse promotion of health and wellbeing across the establishment, linking into national campaigns and developing enhanced links with the prison gym.
• To design and deliver workforce development and training on alcohol and drug awareness for all relevant staff within the establishment.
• Provide on-going support and refresher training for those who have received training, with target audiences to include healthcare partners and prison staff.
• Lead on the development and production of alcohol and drug-related resources for service users and at risks groups to reduce harm, raise awareness and promote services, liaising closely with Public Health Specialists and Health Promotion colleagues to ensure joined-up working.

About You:

• Understanding and knowledge of current developments and priorities in the substance misuse field at a national and local level.
• Understanding of current substance misuse prevention and harm minimisation issues.
• Understanding of current health promotion issues and debates including behaviour change theories and quantitative and qualitative models of evaluation.
• Understanding of the Making Every Contact Count framework.
• Ability to build and maintain networks and effective working relationships with a full range of health professionals, statutory and community services.
• Experience of delivering harm reduction interventions for both alcohol and drugs in one to one and group work settings.
  
• Understanding of harm reduction in relation to safeguarding children and adults.
• Experience of working with groups and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.

And the ability to:

• Have the experience and ability to develop, implement, maintain, and evaluate effective Health Promotion and Harm Reduction strategies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Excellent training and presentation skills
• Ability to be flexible in working arrangements and work to tight deadlines.

The successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain HMPPS security clearance.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.