Health and Wellbeing Practitioner : HMP Send
Location: Surrey
Salary: A GBP 25,714.29
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Advertising End Date: 13 th March 2026
About The Role
Join The Forward Trust and make a real difference
We are looking for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join The Forward Trust at HMP Send, Surrey, working full:time, 37.5 hours per week.
In this role, youll deliver clinical and psychosocial substance misuse services within a trauma:informed, recovery:focused framework, supporting female service users with substance misuse and low:level mental health needs. Youll help them build healthier futures both inside the prison and as they transition back into the community.
What Youll Be Doing
Manage your own caseload, delivering 1:1 and group interventions tailored to individual needs
Conduct assessments, co:produce care plans, and provide harm reduction advice
Facilitate release planning and through:care support for service users returning to the community
Work collaboratively with multi:disciplinary teams across mental health, healthcare, and the prison
Ensure accurate, timely recording of outcomes and data to track the impact of your work
About You
Compassionate, proactive, and solution:focused
Comfortable working within a multi:disciplinary, high:security environment
Ready to work weekends on a rota basis
Committed to completing the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme
At The Forward Trust, youll be part of a skilled, diverse team making a tangible impact on peoples lives. Youll have access to professional development opportunities, including the DAWFDP, and a supportive environment that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
This role is more than a job, its a chance to change lives, support recovery, and contribute to safer communities.
All prison:based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.
Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.
Benefits
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 ratad 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)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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.
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
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