Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Forward Trust; Woking; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave rising to 30

Job summary

The Forward Trust is seeking a health and wellbeing practitioner for HMP Send, Surrey, 18.75 hours per week. You will support women with substance misuse and mental health challenges in a trauma-informed, gender-responsive setting.

Join a multi-disciplinary team delivering recovery-focused interventions, practical support, and helping service users reintegrate into the community. Training and development opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with substance misuse, mental health, or complex needs.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, organised, and solution-focused approach.
• Confidence working within a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Strong IT and record-keeping skills.
• Commitment to completing the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme (DAWFDP).

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload and coordinating individual support plans
• Conducting assessments and developing person-centred care plans
• Delivering structured one-to-one sessions and facilitating group programmes
• Providing harm reduction advice and guidance
• Supporting release planning and through-care arrangements
• Working closely with healthcare, mental health, and prison colleagues
• Maintaining accurate records and contributing to service performance targets
• Undertaking second signatory duties and oral swab testing where required

Skills

Substance misuse support

Mental health support

Communication

Organisation

Job description

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Send (part time)

Location: Surrey

Salary: £13,928.57 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time

About The Role

The Forward Trust is seeking a compassionate and motivated Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team at HMP Send, Surrey, working 18.75 hours per week. As part of our integrated Health & Wellbeing Service, you'll support women experiencing substance misuse and low-level mental health challenges, helping them build healthier, more positive futures within a trauma-informed and gender-responsive environment.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you'll deliver recovery-focused interventions, provide practical support, and help service users prepare for successful reintegration into the community.

What you'll be doing:

• Managing a caseload and coordinating individual support plans
• Conducting assessments and developing person-centred care plans
• Delivering structured one-to-one sessions and facilitating group programmes
• Providing harm reduction advice and guidance
• Supporting release planning and through-care arrangements
• Working closely with healthcare, mental health, and prison colleagues
• Maintaining accurate records and contributing to service performance targets
• Undertaking second signatory duties and oral swab testing where required

What we’re looking for:

• Experience supporting individuals with substance misuse, mental health, or complex needs
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• A proactive, organised, and solution-focused approach
• Confidence working within a multi-disciplinary environment
• Strong IT and record‑keeping skills
• Commitment to completing the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme (DAWFDP)

You’ll be part of a dedicated team transforming lives every day, with access to ongoing training, professional development, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact in a unique and rewarding setting.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.

Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.

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
• Training and development opportunities
• BHSF 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.