Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

TipTopJob; Woking; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A notable social enterprise is seeking a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner at HMP Coldingley. The role focuses on supporting individuals with mental health needs and substance misuse challenges, providing essential care and guidance within a prison environment. The ideal candidate should have experience in mental health services and strong IT skills. The position offers a competitive salary of £24,000 per annum along with comprehensive training and support.

Qualifications

• Experience working in mental health or substance misuse services.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload and provide harm reduction advice.
• Conduct assessments and deliver care plans.
• Facilitate group work sessions and 1:1 support.

Skills

Mental Health Services

Substance Misuse Experience

Strong IT Skills

Job description

Location: HMP Coldingley

Salary: GBP 24,000 per annum plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

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

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re:offending.

Role Responsibilities

This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low:level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. The service operates 7 days a week; therefore, weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.

As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, day-to-day you will be responsible for managing a caseload, providing appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, conducting assessments, and formulating and delivering care plans ensuring co-production with the service user. You will deliver structured 1:1s, facilitate group work sessions, and perform second signatory duties. You will be responsible for release planning and ensuring through-care arrangements for transitional support for those leaving the prison and returning to the community.

You will be offered a thorough induction at an organisational and service level. Training provided includes eLearning, live workshops, and coaching and mentoring from experienced staff. You will be trained from the Prison to support you feeling safe and confident in your role as a key holder.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents' partners, siblings, partners, children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family, and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open Source checks (publicly available online content about you)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about supporting people and align with our organisational values.

Please see skills and experience needed below for this role:

• Experience of working within mental health or substance misuse services
• Strong IT skills

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, a social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the 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, regardless of 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 do.