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  • About The Role

  • 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.

    What you’ll be doing

    • Line managing Health & Wellbeing Practitioners and supporting their development
    • Managing a varied caseload and delivering 1:1 interventions and group work
    • 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

    What we’re looking for

    • Experience in substance misuse, mental health or wellbeing services
    • Strong leadership and supervisory experience
    • Confidence delivering both group and individual interventions
    • Ability to build effective working relationships across agencies
    • Organised, proactive and solution-focused approach
    • Commitment to high-quality, person-centred support
    • Welsh and English speaking preferred

    This is a chance to step into a senior position where you’ll directly influence recovery journeys while developing and leading a team. You’ll be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary service focused on meaningful change and positive outcomes.

    If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

    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.

  • About Us

  • 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. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. 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 and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following 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'd 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’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
      • Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
      • Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
      Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
       
      Diversity at Forward Trust
      The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. Some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around  years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances.

      When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

      To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  

      We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
       
      Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
      Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

      If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.
      Our Commitment to Safeguarding
      We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.

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