Job Description
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Location: HMP Coldingley
Salary: £24,000 per annum plus benefits
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time
We are recruiting for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner at HMP Coldingley.
Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.
The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.
We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.
Role Responsibilities
This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. The service operates 7 days a week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.
As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner day-to-day you will be responsible for managing a ca...