Senior Mental Health Practitioner or Wellbeing in Usk

Are you passionate about helping people make lasting change? We’re looking for a Senior Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Integrated Substance Misuse Team at HMP Usk & HMP Prescoed, working full time (37.5 hours per week). This is a rewarding leadership role supporting adult males within a prison setting, combining frontline clinical work with team management and service development.

You’ll play a key role in supporting individuals with substance misuse and low-level mental health or emotional wellbeing needs, helping them progress through structured recovery journeys and achieve positive outcomes.

• Line managing Health & Wellbeing Practitioners and supporting their development
• Carrying out assessments, care planning and appropriate referrals
• Working closely with healthcare teams and multi-agency partners
• Supporting service performance, outcomes and reporting requirements
• Promoting equality, diversity and inclusive practice across all work

Experience in substance misuse, mental health or wellbeing services is required, along with a commitment to high-quality, person-centred support. Welsh and English speaking is preferred.

This is a chance to step into a senior position where you’ll directly influence recovery journeys while developing and leading a team. All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.

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. 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.

• 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.
• 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)
• 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

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

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.