Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Forward Trust; Usk; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Death in Service Payment

Critical Illness Insurance

25 days annual leave rising to 30

Job summary

The Forward Trust is recruiting a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to support prisoners at Usk and Prescoed. You’ll manage a caseload, deliver harm reduction guidance, and work toward personalised care plans while helping individuals prepare for community transition.

You will run 1:1 and group sessions, coordinate through-care, and maintain high-quality records to demonstrate impact. The role requires compassionate, proactive engagement and strong collaboration with partners.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage a caseload and prioritise needs.
• Ability to provide harm reduction advice and support.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Comfort with both 1:1 and group-based interventions.
• Ability to develop person-centred care plans and track progress.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload, building positive and supportive relationships with service users.
• Provide appropriate harm reduction advice, guidance and support.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and formulate individualised care plans.
• Work collaboratively with service users to ensure true co-production and that their goals and needs remain at the heart of their care.
• Deliver structured 1:1 interventions and support sessions.
• Facilitate engaging and effective group-work sessions.
• Support individuals with release planning, helping them prepare for life beyond prison.
• Coordinate through-care and transitional support, ensuring individuals are connected with the right services when returning to the community.
• Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality records, ensuring data is captured effectively.
• Work towards agreed targets and outcomes, using data to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of your work.

Skills

Caseload management

Harm reduction guidance

People skills

Record keeping

Interpersonal communication

Job description

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMPs Usk and Prescoed

Location: Usk

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Make a difference. Inspire change. Support people to build a healthier future.

Are you passionate about helping people make positive changes in their lives? As a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you’ll play a key role in supporting individuals in prison to improve their health and wellbeing, reduce harm and prepare for a successful transition back into the community.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage your own caseload, building positive and supportive relationships with service users.
• Provide appropriate harm reduction advice, guidance and support.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and formulate individualised care plans.
• Work collaboratively with service users to ensure true co-production and that their goals and needs remain at the heart of their care.
• Deliver structured 1:1 interventions and support sessions.
• Facilitate engaging and effective group-work sessions.
• Support individuals with release planning, helping them prepare for life beyond prison.
• Coordinate effective through-care and transitional support, ensuring individuals are connected with the right services when returning to the community.
• Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality records, ensuring data is captured effectively.
• Work towards agreed targets and outcomes, using data to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of your work.

What We’re Looking For

• Is passionate about health, wellbeing and supporting positive change.
• Can build trusting, respectful and professional relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is confident delivering both 1:1 and group-based interventions.
• Can assess individual needs and develop person-centred care plans.
• Understands the importance of harm reduction and supporting people to make informed choices.
• Can work collaboratively with service users and professionals to achieve positive outcomes.
• Is organised, proactive and able to manage a caseload effectively.
• Understands the importance of accurate record keeping, data quality and meeting targets.
• Is committed to helping people make meaningful and sustainable changes.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re motivated, compassionate and ready to use your skills to help people improve their health, wellbeing and future, we’d love to hear from you please also see the job description attached for more information.

Please note this is a full time 37.5 hours weekly vacancy working Monday to Friday with one late evening worked a week and one Saturday a month. The role is based across HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed. Both sites are inaccessible by public transport so a car is required.

About Us

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.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

• Flexible working
• Support for Families – We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace.
• 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)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Please note that remote roles may require occasional travel for site visits, training and meetings.