Key Skills and Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
* Experience working in a Health or Justice setting.
* Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues.
* Demonstratable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments, and designing and implementing SMART care plans.
* Significant experience of carrying out psychosocial interventions, including using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and therapeutic group settings.
* Thorough knowledge of and commitment to the 12-step process of recovery from addiction.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will be working within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to prisoners aged 18 and over. You will be responsible for managing a caseload of service users, providing harm reduction advice and guidance, assessments, and care plans. You will deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for both Substance Misuse and Low Level Mental Health service users, and facilitate substance misuse and mental health groups, and Wellbeing and Recovery programmes to the standard required.
Our Team
Our team have a broad skills mix to deliver combined psychosocial and clinical interventions promoting holistic recovery and health and wellbeing to prisoners. This might include working with low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. As a member of our team, you will be part of a supportive and collaborative environment that values your contributions and provides opportunities for growth and development.
Benefits
As a valued member of our team, you will receive a range of benefits, including Simply Health coverage, contributory pension scheme, Season Ticket Loan Scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Crisis Loan Scheme, Electric Car Scheme, Access to Blue Light Card, and more.