Trainee Health and Wellbeing Practitioner in Brixton)

Ad Warrior Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A London-based organization is seeking a Trainee Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to support individuals on their recovery journey at HMP Brixton. In this role, you will shadow experienced staff, gain practical experience, and provide one-on-one and group interventions. The position requires flexibility for evening and weekend shifts and offers various training opportunities and benefits, including flexible working and 25 days of annual leave.

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 Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service Payment

Critical Illness Insurance

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexibility for evening and weekend work.

Responsibilities

• Shadow experienced team members for hands-on experience.
• Provide recovery-oriented interventions for individuals.

Job description

Trainee Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Brixton

Location: Brixton

Salary: £23,933 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 24 Nov 2025

About The Role

Join our dedicated team at HMP Brixton as a Trainee Health and Wellbeing Practitioner and take the first step towards a rewarding career supporting individuals on their recovery journey.

As part of this structured traineeship, you'll shadow an experienced team member, gaining hands‑on experience and tailored guidance to help you build confidence and competence in your role. You'll receive regular reviews, ongoing supervision, and dedicated study time to work towards your assigned qualification.

Our Substance Misuse Services in London deliver psychosocial interventions within the New Models of Care (NMOC) framework, an integrated healthcare approach that supports individuals through Early Days in Custody (EDiC), unscheduled and planned care, release, and resettlement.

You’ll work within a multidisciplinary team, providing recovery‑oriented, trauma‑informed 1:1 and group interventions, as well as accredited treatment programmes for adults. This includes direct work with people in custody who may have low‑level mental health and/or substance misuse needs.

The service operates 7 days a week, so flexibility for evening and weekend work on a rota basis is required.

This is your chance to gain practical experience, professional qualifications, and the satisfaction of contributing to better futures, one person at a time.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often inter‑linked 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
• 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)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/431/trainee-health-and-wellbeing-practitioner--hmp-brixton.html