Here at HMP Highdown, an internal opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Health & Well-being Practitioner to join the Team.
As part of the traineeship, you will be shadowing a member of the team and will be given
guidance and support working through the various aspects of the role in the business unit you
have been assigned to. The team member you will be shadowing will help ensure you are
receiving the training and development needed to become competent in the role. You will
receive regular reviews to ensure that you stay on track to successfully complete the
traineeship and undertake the compulsory external supervision as part of the traineeship. Part
of your time on the traineeship will be spent working, gaining the practical experience and part
studying towards achieving the qualification that has been assigned (subject to criteria).
The Forward Trust provide both clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services across
Surrey Prisons in partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Each service operates a
Health and Wellbeing framework taking a trauma informed and gender responsive approach
to delivery of a wide variety of interventions and integrated pathways tailored to meet specific
needs of each prison and individual service users. With pro-active partnership working a key
aspect in the delivery of these services multi-disciplinary working across mental health,
healthcare services and the prison is essential.
You will be based on site working within a team that have a broad skills mix to deliver combined
psychosocial and clinical interventions providing recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing
Services to service users aged 18 and over at: HMP Highdown a male category C prison
located in Sutton.
This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present
low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. The service operates 7 days
a week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.