Looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference every day?
Join The Forward Trust as a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner based at HMP Downview in Sutton, working full-time (37.5 hours per week).
As part of our integrated Health & 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 working 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.
The Forward Trust delivers integrated clinical and psychosocial substance misuse services across Surrey prisons in partnership with NHS healthcare providers. Our teams work within a trauma-informed, recovery-focused framework, delivering compassionate, person-centred support tailored to each individual's needs.
If you're passionate about supporting people to make lasting positive change, 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.