Overview

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner – HMP Brixton – Brixton

Permanent

£28,207

We’re looking for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Substance Misuse Service at HMP Brixton, delivering psychosocial interventions within the New Models of Care (NMOC) framework.

Based onsite at HMP Brixton, a Category C resettlement prison for men aged 18+ in South London, you’ll work within an integrated healthcare team supporting individuals with drug and/or alcohol misuse issues. This is a trauma-informed, recovery-focused service designed to support individuals from early custody through to release and resettlement.

In this role, you will:

  • Manage a caseload of service users aged 18+
  • Complete assessments and personalised care plans
  • Deliver structured 1:1 sessions and group interventions
  • Provide harm reduction advice and recovery support
  • Contribute to structured treatment programmes (where applicable)
  • Work collaboratively with services including Healthcare, Probation, Housing, Employment, and Gym
  • Support through-care planning and preparation for release
  • Meet service targets set by Forward and local commissioners

Rota & Availability:

  • The Service operates 7 days a week – evening and weekend working is required on a rota basis
Professional Development:
  • Completion of the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme (DAWFDP) is mandatory, this is a 12-month structured programme aligned with the OHID capability framework that forms part of essential training for the role. This must be undertaken at the earliest opportunity 

If you’re passionate about recovery, rehabilitation, and making a lasting impact — we’d love to hear from you.

Please note this role includes a Interim
allowance reviewed every 6-months, basic salary based on 35 hours would be
£25,207.00. This interim scheme will be reviewed on 31st March 2026
 
Please find full details in the job description attached.

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
    • 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)
    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.

    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.  


    Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

    We recognise the importance of safeguarding, 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.

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