Location: Sutton
Salary: £27,857.14 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
About the Role
Join The Forward Trust as a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner based at HMP Downview in Sutton, working full‑time (37.5 hours per week). As part of our integrated Health and Wellbeing team, you’ll support women in custody to overcome substance misuse and low‑level mental health challenges through trauma‑informed, gender‑responsive care, helping them build healthier futures both in prison and as they prepare for release.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Managing a varied caseload and delivering personalised recovery plans.
- Carrying out assessments and risk assessments to support treatment journeys.
- Providing structured 1:1 interventions and facilitating group sessions.
- Offering harm reduction advice and practical wellbeing support.
- Supporting release planning and through‑the‑gate continuity of care.
- Working closely with healthcare, mental health and prison colleagues.
- Maintaining accurate case records and contributing to service performance targets.
- Undertaking second signatory duties and supporting clinical colleagues where required.
What We’re Looking For
- Passion for supporting people to achieve positive change.
- Experience within substance misuse, mental health, criminal justice or health and social care settings.
- Strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
- Ability to manage a busy caseload and prioritise effectively.
- A collaborative, solution‑focused approach with excellent record‑keeping skills.
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata 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 of service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
About Us
The Forward Trust is a social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the inter‑linked cycles of crime and addiction and move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have worked with people to build positive and productive lives, regardless of their past.
Conditions of Employment
All prison‑based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks. If you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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