Health & Wellbeing Practitioner - HMP Brixton

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with ‘Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.

This role is subject to interim ​Inner-London 'cost-of-living' *bonus payment scheme* 

An additional £1200.00 payment over 12-months (pro rata) paid monthly as a taxable benefit, subject to review. 

The Health and Wellbeing Practitioner delivers client centered treatment depending on the requirements of the individual client. You will be required to manage a caseload, provide appropriate harm reduction advice and guidance, assess, care plan and deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for both Substance Misuse and Low Level Mental Health servuce users. Transitional support from prison to the community via integrated working with other Health and Wellbeing agencies both within the prison and in the community, is an essential element of the work to prepare service users for release.

• Develop and contribute to the Substance Misuse and general Health and Wellbeing care needs of service users, supporting them in the development of release plans which are appropriate to their needs.
• Ensure substance misuse and mental health groups, and Health and Wellbeing programmes, are facilitated/co-facilitated to the standard required by the Forward and in accordance with any relevant needs.
• Carry out substance misuse and low level mental interventions relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.

• Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues
• Demonstratable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation os SMART care plans.
• Significant experience of carrying out psychosocial interventions including using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and therapeutic group settings.
• A thorough knowledge of and commitment to the 12-step process of recovery from addiction.
• Experience of providing counselling / CBT services to prisoners, or those with Health and Welling, or drug and / or alocohol problems

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season ticket loan scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Simply Health - Health Cashback Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (Pro Rata'd for Part Time Employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)
• Excellent contributory pension scheme. Employer matched contributions of up 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 click on the link below to download the full person specification:

Health & Wellbeing Practitioner JOB DESCRIPTION HMP Brixton - July 2023