Health And Wellbeing Practitioner

Ad Warrior; Greater London, Ashford; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner at HMP Bronzefield. This role involves delivering psychosocial and clinical interventions to women in a prison setting, focusing on substance misuse and mental health support. Candidates should have experience in relevant services and strong IT skills. The position offers a salary of £24,000 per annum with benefits, and requires an enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health or substance misuse services.
• Strong IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseloads and provide harm reduction advice.
• Conduct assessments and develop care plans.
• Facilitate 1:1 sessions and group work.

Skills

Mental Health

Substance Misuse

IT Skills

Job description

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Bronzefield

Location: Middlesex-Ashford

Salary: A£24,000 per annum, plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

We are recruiting for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner at HMP Bronzefield.

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a range of drug and alcohol services within the prison environment. Our support includes advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and various group work and treatment programs.

Our services in prisons are commissioned by NHS England and delivered in partnership with healthcare providers and HMPPS, emphasizing integration and collaboration.

We believe everyone can live a fulfilling life, regardless of their past. Our work aims to support individuals affected by substance issues to create lasting change, reducing dependency, homelessness, unemployment, and re-offending.

Role Responsibilities

The Forward Trust provides clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services across Surrey Prisons, working with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Our services follow a trauma-informed and gender-responsive framework, offering tailored interventions and pathways to meet individual needs. Effective partnership working across mental health, healthcare, and prison staff is essential.

You will work on-site within a team with diverse skills, delivering psychosocial and clinical interventions to service users aged 18 and over at HMP/YOI Bronzefield, a dynamic women's prison accommodating a diverse population from courts across the South of England. Your role involves working directly with detainees who may have low-level mental health or substance misuse needs.

Daily responsibilities include managing caseloads, providing harm reduction advice, conducting assessments, developing care plans with service user input, facilitating 1:1 sessions and group work, and performing second signatory duties. You will also handle release planning and transitional support for those returning to the community. Accurate data recording is vital for measuring effectiveness.

All prison-based roles require an enhanced DBS check and HMPPS security vetting, which can take 8-12 weeks. Offers are contingent upon clearance.

Checks Required

• Personal and financial information, police and criminal history
• Family details
• Co-residents and associations
• Background checks across police systems, credit references, social media, and other agencies

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience in mental health or substance misuse services
• Strong IT skills

Desirable

• Experience with assessments, SMART care plans, and structured interventions
• Facilitating group work and motivational interviewing
• Knowledge of substance dependency issues and recovery strategies
• Understanding of 12-step programs and previous experience in such settings
• Personal experience of addiction or imprisonment (addicts in recovery should have at least 3 years; ex-prisoners at least 5 years since release)

If you are interested, please apply through this link.