Health & Wellbeing Practitioner — Substance Misuse Support

TipTopJob; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Forward Trust in Cardiff invites applications for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Integrated Substance Misuse Team. You will support male adults with substance misuse and mild mental health needs, delivering one-to-one and group sessions to promote recovery and wellbeing.

As a dual-trained practitioner, you will assess needs, develop care plans, coordinate with partner agencies, monitor progress and contribute to outcomes while maintaining accurate records.

Qualifications

• Experience in substance misuse or health and wellbeing/mental health support settings.
• Qualifications/training in substance misuse and/or low-level mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Passionate about supporting people to make positive and lasting changes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build trusting, respectful and professional relationships with service users.
• Confident delivering both individual and group interventions.
• Able to assess needs, develop care plans and identify referrals.
• Capable of managing a caseload effectively and prioritising competing demands.
• Works well independently and in a wider team.
• Confident collaborating with external agencies and multi-agency partners.
• Understands measuring outcomes and working towards targets.
• Organised and reliable with accurate record-keeping.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload and provide ongoing support throughout their journey.
• Work with male adults experiencing substance misuse and low-level mental health or emotional wellbeing needs.
• Provide one-to-one, face-to-face support.
• Deliver and facilitate group interventions.
• Complete assessments and develop care plans with service users.
• Provide advice, information and guidance around substance misuse, health and wellbeing.
• Identify service users' needs and referrals to specialist services where required.
• Collaborate with service users to identify goals and support sustainable change.
• Monitor progress and contribute to measuring outcomes.
• Work closely with colleagues and external agencies for coordinated support.
• Attend multi-agency meetings representing Forward Trust professionally.

Skills

Substance misuse

Health & wellbeing

Group facilitation

One-to-one support

Communication skills

Job description

The Forward Trust in Cardiff invites applications for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Integrated Substance Misuse Team. You will support male adults with substance misuse and mild mental health needs, delivering one-to-one and group sessions to promote recovery and wellbeing.

As a dual-trained practitioner, you will assess needs, develop care plans, coordinate with partner agencies, monitor progress and contribute to outcomes while maintaining accurate records.