Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

Proactive partnership working is central to the service, and you will work closely with colleagues across mental health, healthcare and prison services to ensure people receive safe, effective and person-centred support. As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload and providing consistent, person-centred support.
• Providing appropriate harm reduction advice, information and guidance.
• Completing comprehensive assessments and identifying individual needs.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing SMART care plans in partnership with service users.
• Delivering structured one-to-one interventions.
• Facilitating structured group-work sessions.
• Using motivational interviewing techniques to support engagement and positive change.
• Undertaking second signatory duties.
• Supporting individuals with release planning and ensuring effective through-care arrangements.
• Working collaboratively with community services to support individuals as they transition from prison back into the community.
• Maintaining accurate, timely and high-quality records in line with service requirements.
• Contributing to the monitoring and evaluation of the service, recognising that effective data recording and outcome measurement are vital to demonstrating the impact of our work.

The service operates 7 days a week, so weekend working will be required on a rota basis. Please be advised that this position is subject to obtaining prison vetting.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting people to make positive changes in their lives and who can build effective, trusting relationships with individuals who may have complex and varied needs. You will have experience of working within a mental health or substance misuse service and be confident delivering structured interventions in both one-to-one and group settings.

You will also have:

• Experience of carrying out comprehensive assessments and designing and implementing SMART care plans.
• Experience of delivering structured interventions.
• Experience of facilitating group-work sessions.
• The ability to use motivational interviewing techniques effectively in both one-to-one and group settings.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to maintain accurate and timely electronic records.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• A person-centred, trauma-informed and non-judgemental approach.
• The ability to work collaboratively with service users and colleagues to achieve positive outcomes.
• An understanding of the importance of partnership working, release planning and continuity of care.
• You will be organised, resilient and able to manage your own caseload while contributing positively to a wider team. Most importantly, you will share our commitment to supporting people affected by substance misuse and mental health difficulties to improve their health, wellbeing and recovery.

The Forward Trust provides clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services across Surrey Prisons, working in partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Our services operate within a Health and Wellbeing framework, taking a trauma-informed and gender-responsive approach to deliver a wide range of interventions and integrated pathways tailored to the needs of each prison and the people we support.

We are looking for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team at HMP Bronzefield, a closed and restricted-status adult female prison located in Sutton. Working as part of a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, you will provide recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to people aged 18 and over who may present with low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse…