Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - PWS

Overview

The Forward Trust Personal Wellbeing Services deliver a range of interventions within Probation services across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Surrey, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Kent and Cheshire. Delivering a range of services under the following categories: Family & Significant Others, Lifestyle and Associates, Emotional Wellbeing and Social Inclusion as a fully integrated, holistic, single service. Supporting the wide range of needs that Service Users experience in relations to relationships and interactions with family, friends and others. Supporting clients to engage in a variety of activities to enhance their Well-Being. We will be providing a flexible, responsive service, delivering a holistic and cohesive set of interventions that are easily accessible to this client group.

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.

What you will be doing?

You will be working within a team of practitioners and subcontractors, delivering Personal Well Being Services to support people in the Criminal Justice system. The support is tailored to individual needs, delivering a range of programmes within the categories of Family and Significant others, Lifestyle and associates, Emotional Well Being and Social Inclusion

You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role.

Main duties will include:

• Ensure Personal Well Being programmes, are facilitated/co-facilitated to the standard required by
• Forward and in accordance with any relevant manuals.
• Meet required KPI’s to corresponding deadlines, as set out by the Team Leader.
• Plan and manage caseload effectively, making sure that clients are prioritised appropriately and seen in a timely manner.
• Review ongoing care and treatment liaising closely with other agencies.
• Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive assessments to inform support journeys.
• Carry out Interventions under the Personal Well Being umbrella relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.
• Develop and contribute to the Probation support offered to clients.

What we are looking for?

• Knowledge of the issues facing clients in the criminal justice sector.
• Excellent experience of working in the Personal Well Being or related services such as Families, lifestyles, emotional wellbeing and social inclusion.
• Demonstrable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of 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.
• A diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent or relevant experience in a comparable role
• Can work in fast paced changing environments.
• Has confidence in own abilities and good eye for detail.

What we offer

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 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)

*Please note that all roles which come into contact with services users will require successful candidates to be fully vaccinated against Coronavirus with effect from 1st April 2022 (unless a medical exemption certificate is obtained from your GP) and this will form part of contractual offers.

Person specification

Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Probation Services)