Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP The Mount Maternity Cover

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP The Mount (Maternity Cover)

Job Type Fixed Term, Full Time

Location Bovingdon, Hertfordshire

Salary £24,000 - £25,844 per annum

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with 'Lived Experience' we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.

What will you be doing?

The Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Maternity Cover) will deliver client centred treatment depending on the requirements of the individual client. You will be required to manage a caseload, provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for both Substance Misuse and Low Level Mental Health service users. Transitional support from prison to the community via integrated working with other Health and Wellbeing agencies, both within the prison and in the community, is an essential element of the work to prepare service users for release.

• Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive assessments to inform mental health and substance misuse treatment journeys.
• Carry out substance misuse and low level mental health interventions relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.
• Develop and contribute to the Substance Misuse and general Health and Wellbeing care needs of service users, supporting them in the development of release-plans which are appropriate to their needs.
• Proactively approach integrated ways of working and support and adopt a multidisciplinary approach.

What are we looking for?

• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues
• Excellent experience of substance misuse and/or mental health work in a related field
• Experience of providing counselling / CBT services to prisoners, or those with Health and Wellbeing, or drug and / or alcohol problems
• Demonstrable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.

What we offer

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season ticket loan scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Simply Health - Health Cashback Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (Pro Rata'd for Part Time Employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)
• Excellent contributory pension scheme. Employer matched contributions of up 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter.
• Death in service payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical illness insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

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