Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a healthier, more positive prison environment by supporting individuals to improve their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Working as part of our innovative Connections Health & Wellbeing & Recovery Support Service, you'll help deliver a prison-wide programme of activities, workshops and interventions that empower people to make lasting positive change. What You'll Be Doing

• Deliver engaging 1:1 support, group sessions and wellbeing programmes Work alongside trained prisoner Health & Wellbeing Champions Promote healthier lifestyles, recovery and positive routines Organise wellbeing events and pop-up health promotion days Support individuals with tailored plans for progress and release Build strong partnerships with healthcare, substance misuse and prison teams Help create a vibrant calendar of activities including yoga, mindfulness, healthy eating and more Maintain accurate case notes, assessments and performance data
What We're Looking For
• Experience supporting vulnerable or complex individuals A passion for health, wellbeing, recovery and rehabilitation Strong communication and relationship-building skills Organised, proactive and able to manage a varied caseload Comfortable working in partnership with multiple agencies Good IT skills and confidence using case management systems Flexible approach, including some evening and weekend delivery
At Forward Trust, we believe everyone deserves the chance to move forward. Join a supportive organisation where your work has real impact every single day. 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.

Join Forward Trust as a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner based at HMP Millsike, working full time, 35 hours per week. Due to the rural location of HMP Millsike, a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential for this role.

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 Simply Health 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)