Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMPs Usk and Prescoed - Usk

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMPs Usk and Prescoed - Usk

Permanent26,000

Make a difference. Inspire change. Support people to build a healthier future.

Are you passionate about helping people make positive changes in their lives? As a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, youll play a key role in supporting individuals in prison to improve their health and wellbeing, reduce harm and prepare for a successful transition back into the community.

What Youll Be Doing

• Manage your own caseload, building positive and supportive relationships with service users.
• Provide appropriate harm reduction advice, guidance and support.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and formulate individualised care plans.
• Work collaboratively with service users to ensure true co-production and that their goals and needs remain at the heart of their care.
• Deliver structured 1:1 interventions and support sessions.
• Facilitate engaging and effective group-work sessions.
• Support individuals with release planning, helping them prepare for life beyond prison.
• Coordinate effective through-care and transitional support, ensuring individuals are connected with the right services when returning to the community.
• Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality records, ensuring data is captured effectively.
• Work towards agreed targets and outcomes, using data to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of your work.

What Were Looking For

Were looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about health, wellbeing and supporting positive change.
• Can build trusting, respectful and professional relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is confident delivering both 1:1 and group-based interventions.
• Can assess individual needs and develop person-centred care plans.
• Understands the importance of harm reduction and supporting people to make informed choices.
• Can work collaboratively with service users and professionals to achieve positive outcomes.
• Is organised, proactive and able to manage a caseload effectively.
• Understands the importance of accurate record keeping, data quality and meeting targets.
• Is committed to helping people make meaningful and sustainable changes.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If youre motivated, compassionate and ready to use your skills to help people improve their health, wellbeing and future, wed love to hear from you please also see the job description attached for more information.

Please notethis is a full time 37.5 hours weekly vacancy working Monday to Friday with one late evening worked a week and one Saturday a month. The role is based across HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed. Both sites are inaccessible by public transport so a car is required.

About Us

We 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
• Support for Families We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace. If you'd like more information about our family-friendly benefits, please contact our Recruitment Team at [email protected]
• 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)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Please note that remote roles may require occasional travel for site visits, training and meetings.

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.Some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around3years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances.

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 Forwards commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy clickhere.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

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.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.