Job Description
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Programmes HMP Send
Salary: £25,714.29 per annum
Location: HMP Send (Female Training Prison)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Forward Trust is seeking a dedicated Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Integrated Substance Misuse Service at HMP Send, a female training prison. Our service operates within an integrated health and well-being framework to provide tailored support for individuals with drug and alcohol issues.
You will work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver both psychosocial and clinical interventions, including the intensive 12-step abstinence-based treatment programme, Footsteps in Recovery (formerly RAPt Womens Substance Dependence Treatment Programme WSDTP).
Key Responsibilities:
1. Manage a caseload, providing advice, guidance, and structured care plans.
2. Conduct assessments, deliver 1:1 sessions, and facilitate group therapy.
3. Deliver the intensive 12-step programme through group therapy, assignment reviews, workshops, step lectures, and individual counselling.
4. Work collaboratively with internal and external agencies to support release planning and community reintegration.
5. Contribute to organisational and service targets set by Forward and local commissioners.
6. Commit to and complete the Drug and Alcohol Workfo...