Job Description:
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
HMP Highdown, Sutton, Surrey
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Job Summary:
A unique opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of others by working as a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner in a challenging and rewarding environment.
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About The Forward Trust:
We are a UK leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services to offenders. Our mission is to provide effective support for individuals struggling with addiction and crime.
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Your Role:
You will work within an integrated healthcare framework to provide support to prisoners aged 18 and over, promoting holistic recovery and health and wellbeing.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
* Manage a caseload of service users and provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance
* Carry out assessments, risk/initial/comprehensive assessments, to inform treatment journeys
* Deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for Substance Misuse and Low Level Mental Health service users
* Provide transitional support from prison to the community to prepare service users for release
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What We Are Looking For:
The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Health or Justice setting and possess knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues.
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Benefits:
* 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
* Wellbeing days
* SIMPLY HEALTH SCHEME THERAPY ALLOWANCE (£90 per month)