Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

1 month ago


Aylesbury Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom The Forward Trust Full time

Drug and Alcohol Practitioner

Location : HMP Aylesbury, HP20 1EH

Salary: £24,000 per annum

Are you passionate about helping people and looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to work for a company where you are valued and be a person who can make a difference?

We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), 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 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?

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, acre plan: deliver sructured 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 and 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 interventions relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.

What are we looking for?

  • 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 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.
  • Experience of providing counselling / CBT services to prisoners, or those with Health and Welling, or drug and / or alcohol problems

What we offer

  • Training and development opportunities
  • Flexible working
  • 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)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

Please note; We reserve the right to close this role early.

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