Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

The Forward Trust; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated social enterprise in Kidlington seeks a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to support individuals facing substance misuse and mental health challenges. This role involves conducting assessments, managing interventions, and collaborating with various professionals to ensure continuity of care. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a compassionate approach, with experience in relevant fields preferred. This position offers flexible working and comprehensive benefits, including training opportunities and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Crisis Loan Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Wellbeing Days

Access to Blue Light Card

Annual Leave

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service Payment

Critical Illness Insurance

Qualifications

• Experience working in a secure or high-intensity setting is advantageous.
• Ability to build trust and support service users.
• Experience supporting non-English speakers is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of need and risk.
• Manage a caseload delivering interventions.
• Support discharge and release planning.
• Promote and signpost to services.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary reviews.
• Maintain accurate, confidential records.
• Prepare reports for official use.
• Provide support pre-release or deportation.

Skills

Experience in substance misuse

Excellent communication skills

Partnership-working skills

Cultural awareness

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive life changes? Do you want to work in a rewarding, multi-disciplinary environment that makes a real impact? We are currently recruiting for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our dedicated team at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre. As part of our integrated healthcare model, Forward Trust provides Psychosocial Substance Misuse Recovery Services on-site at Campsfield IRC. This is a unique opportunity to support individuals within the immigration system who are experiencing substance misuse, low-level mental health challenges, and wider wellbeing concerns.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting assessments of need, risk, and developing recovery plans
• Managing a caseload and delivering both 1:1 and group interventions
• Supporting discharge and release planning for continuity of care
• Promoting and signposting to relevant internal and external services
• Contributing to daily referral meetings and multidisciplinary reviews
• Maintaining accurate, confidential records in line with GDPR requirements
• Preparing reports and engagement summaries for official use
• Providing transitional support for service users pre-release or deportation

Qualifications & Experience

We're looking for someone with experience in substance misuse, mental health, or holistic wellbeing support. You'll need to be a compassionate, proactive individual with excellent communication and partnership-working skills.

Experience working in a secure or high-intensity setting is advantageous, but not essential – we value your ability to build trust and support service users through challenging transitions.

Working in Partnership – You will work alongside professionals from various disciplines including Healthcare, Probation, Housing, Education, and Community Support Services. Collaborative working is essential to delivering seamless care within the centre and beyond.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong cultural awareness and sensitivity, with the ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Experience supporting people for whom English is not their first language is desirable.

About the Forward Trust

We are The Forward Trust, the 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.

Benefits

Joining us as an employee, we will offer you the following benefits:

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme – employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)