Overview
Health & Wellbeing Practitioner – HMP The Mount – Hertfordshire
Permanent
£24,000 – £28,647 depending on experience
Join Forward Trust as a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner at HMP The Mount and play a vital role in supporting men in custody with substance misuse, low-level mental health needs, and overall wellbeing. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team, helping individuals on their journey from prison to the community.
This is a hands-on, client-centred role within an integrated healthcare framework, supporting adult prisoners through both harm reduction and abstinence-based treatment approaches tailored to individual needs.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Managing a caseload and developing SMART care plans following comprehensive assessments.
- Delivering structured 1:1 and group sessions focused on substance misuse and low-level mental health topics.
- Providing harm reduction advice and guidance to support safer behaviours and long-term recovery.
- Offering transitional support, helping clients prepare for release and reintegration into the community.
- Maintaining accurate records through case notes and data entry, and writing clear, audience-specific reports when required.
- Working collaboratively with internal and external agencies including Probation, Housing, Healthcare, Employment services, Gym staff, and Drugs Intervention Teams.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking an empathetic, proactive, and skilled practitioner with experience in substance misuse and/or mental health services, especially within the criminal justice sector.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Strong knowledge of the issues facing people with substance misuse and low-level mental health needs.
- Direct experience of working in substance misuse and/or mental health services.
- Proficient in conducting risk and comprehensive assessments, and creating effective, tailored care plans.
- Skilled in delivering psychosocial interventions, including motivational interviewing in 1:1 and group settings.
- Solid understanding of the criminal justice system and the Recovery Agenda.
- Strong written communication skills – able to create accurate records and reports.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of or commitment to the 12-step recovery model.
About Us
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)
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
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.
