Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

TipTopJob; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in health and wellbeing is seeking a dynamic Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to join their team. This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals facing substance misuse and mental health challenges. You will be responsible for delivering tailored treatment plans, facilitating group sessions, and collaborating with various health agencies to support clients' transitions from prison to community. With a commitment to empowering change, this role is perfect for passionate professionals looking to contribute to meaningful outcomes in a supportive and multicultural environment.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Flexible working

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Crisis Loan Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Wellbeing Days

Access to Blue Light Card

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in psychosocial interventions and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of substance misuse and mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver client-centered treatment and manage a caseload.
• Facilitate substance misuse and mental health groups.

Skills

Psychosocial Interventions

Risk Assessments

Motivational Interviewing

Counselling/CBT

Substance Misuse Knowledge

Mental Health Issues Knowledge

Education

Relevant Health and Wellbeing Qualifications

Job description

Health & Wellbeing Practitioner - Heathrow IRC

Location: West Drayton

Salary: A£25,154 per annum

Are you looking for experience in forensic psychosocial interventions? Looking for a dynamic, creative and multicultural working environment?

Have you lived in the UK consecutively for 3 years and have right to work in UK?

We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), a social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years, we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends, and a sense of community.

What you will be doing?

The Health and Wellbeing Practitioner delivers client-centered treatment depending on the requirements of the individual client. You will be required to manage a caseload, provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan, and deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for both Substance Misuse and Low Level Mental Health service users. Transitional support from prison to the community via integrated working with other Health and Wellbeing agencies both within the prison and in the community is an essential element of the work to prepare service users for release.

1. Develop and contribute to the Substance Misuse and general Health and Wellbeing care needs of service users, supporting them in the development of release plans which are appropriate to their needs.
2. Ensure substance misuse and mental health groups, and Health and Wellbeing programmes, are facilitated/co-facilitated to the standard required by the Forward and in accordance with any relevant needs.
3. Carry out substance misuse and low level mental interventions relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.

What are we looking for?

1. Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues.
2. Demonstrable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments, and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.
3. Significant experience of carrying out psychosocial interventions including using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and therapeutic group settings.
4. A thorough knowledge of and commitment to the 12-step process of recovery from addiction.
5. Experience of providing counselling/CBT services to prisoners, or those with Health and Wellbeing, or drug and/or alcohol problems.
6. Have lived in the UK consecutively for the last 3 years.

What we offer

1. Training opportunities and career development.
2. Flexible working.
3. Simply Health Cashback Scheme.
4. Cycle to Work Scheme.
5. Crisis Loan Scheme.
6. Electric Car Scheme.
7. 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata for part-time employees).
8. Access to Blue Light Card.
9. Season Ticket Loan Scheme.
10. 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays.
11. Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter.
12. Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary).
13. Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria).

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

Apply Here

*We reserve the right to close this role early.