At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver life-changing psychosocial interventions in a supportive prison environment.
- Company: Join The Forward Trust, a social enterprise dedicated to recovery and wellbeing.
- Benefits: Flexible working, training opportunities, wellbeing days, and various employee schemes.
- Other info: Be part of a compassionate team making lasting change in the community.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on individuals' lives while developing your skills in a rewarding role.
- Qualifications: Passion for recovery-focused practice and willingness to learn.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Are you passionate about recovery, resilience, and making a real impact? Join our Substance Misuse Service at HMP Brixton, delivering life-changing psychosocial interventions within an integrated healthcare model known as New Models of Care (NMOC). Based on site in a men's Category C resettlement prison, you'll work as part of a skilled, multidisciplinary team supporting adults experiencing drug and/or alcohol misuse, helping them stabilise, recover, and prepare for release.
As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you'll deliver recovery-orientated, trauma-informed interventions across the prison, including Early Days in Custody (EDiC), planned and unscheduled care, and release and resettlement.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing a caseload of service users
- Completing assessments and care plans
- Delivering structured 1:1 and group interventions
- Providing harm reduction advice and guidance
- Contributing to accredited treatment programmes (where relevant)
- Working closely with healthcare, probation, housing, employment, gym and external drug services to support through-care and resettlement
- Supporting service targets set by Forward and local commissioners
What you'll need:
- A commitment to recovery-focused, trauma-informed practice
- Confidence working with individuals presenting substance misuse and low-level mental health needs
- Willingness to complete the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme, a mandatory 12-month professional development programme aligned with the OHID capability framework
If you're motivated, compassionate, and ready to make a difference in a challenging but rewarding environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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 of the employees who work for us is also important.
Joining us as an employee, we will offer you the following benefits:
- Flexible working
- 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
Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Brixton - Brixton employer: The Forward Trust
The Forward Trust is an exceptional employer dedicated to empowering individuals on their recovery journey from addiction, offering a supportive and inclusive work environment in Rugby. With a strong focus on employee wellbeing, we provide flexible working options, comprehensive training and development opportunities, and generous benefits including enhanced family support and wellbeing days. Join us to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a fulfilling career that values your contributions and promotes personal growth.
