Make a difference. Inspire change. Support people to build a healthier future.
Are you passionate about helping people make positive changes in their lives? As a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, you’ll play a key role in supporting individuals in prison to improve their health and wellbeing, reduce harm and prepare for a successful transition back into the community.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Manage your own caseload, building positive and supportive relationships with service users.
- Provide appropriate harm reduction advice, guidance and support.
- Complete comprehensive assessments and formulate individualised care plans.
- Work collaboratively with service users to ensure true co-production and that their goals and needs remain at the heart of their care.
- Deliver structured 1:1 interventions and support sessions.
- Facilitate engaging and effective group-work sessions.
- Support individuals with release planning, helping them prepare for life beyond prison.
- Coordinate effective through-care and transitional support, ensuring individuals are connected with the right services when returning to the community.
- Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality records, ensuring data is captured effectively.
- Work towards agreed targets and outcomes, using data to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of your work.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is passionate about health, wellbeing and supporting positive change.
- Can build trusting, respectful and professional relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Is confident delivering both 1:1 and group-based interventions.
- Can assess individual needs and develop person-centred care plans.
- Understands the importance of harm reduction and supporting people to make informed choices.
- Can work collaboratively with service users and professionals to achieve positive outcomes.
- Is organised, proactive and able to manage a caseload effectively.
- Understands the importance of accurate record keeping, data quality and meeting targets.
- Is committed to helping people make meaningful and sustainable changes.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re motivated, compassionate and ready to use your skills to help people improve their health, wellbeing and future, we’d love to hear from you please also see the job description attached for more information.
Please note this is a full time 37.5 hours weekly vacancy working Monday to Friday with one late evening worked a week and one Saturday a month. The role is based across HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed. Both sites are inaccessible by public transport so a car is required.