Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Send
Join The Forward Trust and make a real difference!
We are looking for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join The Forward Trust at HMP Send, Surrey, working full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
In this role, you’ll deliver clinical and psychosocial substance misuse services within a trauma-informed, recovery-focused framework, supporting female service users with substance misuse and low-level mental health needs. You’ll help them build healthier futures both inside the prison and as they transition back into the community.
What you’ll be doing:
- Manage your own caseload, delivering 1:1 and group interventions tailored to individual needs
- Conduct assessments, co-produce care plans, and provide harm reduction advice
- Facilitate release planning and through-care support for service users returning to the community
- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams across mental health, healthcare, and the prison
- Ensure accurate, timely recording of outcomes and data to track the impact of your work
About you:
- Compassionate, proactive, and solution-focused
- Comfortable working within a multi-disciplinary, high-security environment
- Ready to work weekends on a rota basis
- Committed to completing the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme
At The Forward Trust, you’ll be part of a skilled, diverse team making a tangible impact on people’s lives. You’ll have access to professional development opportunities, including the DAWFDP, and a supportive environment that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
This role is more than a job, it’s a chance to change lives, support recovery, and contribute to safer communities.
Please see attached Job Description for full details
All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.
Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.