Trainee Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Brixton - BrixtonPermanent£23,933Join 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.Please see job description attached for full details About UsWe 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 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) Diversity at Forward Trust The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles. To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here. Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview. If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.