Health Wellbeing Practitioner

Our well-established client located in Hertfordshire, Bovingdon. are seeking a Health Wellbeing Practitioner to join their friendly team on a Full time - Permanent basis with a salary on offer of 24,000- 25,000 depending upon experience.

Job Overview

Located in Hertfordshire, Bovingdon. As a Health Wellbeing Practitioner, will deliver client centred 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, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions for both Substance Misuse and Low-Level Mental Health service 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 an essential element of the work to prepare service users for release.

Main Responsibilities

As a Health Wellbeing Practitioner your main responsibilities will include, to Carry out assessments risk/initial/comprehensive assessments to inform mental health and substance misuse treatment journeys.

Carry out substance misuse and low-level mental health interventions relevant to individual client needs, including 1:1 sessions and group work/programme facilitation.

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.

Proactively approach integrated ways of working and support and adopt a multidisciplinary approach.

Skills Required

Health Wellbeing Practitioner MUST meet the following criteria:

Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers and low-level mental health issues

Excellent experience of substance misuse and/or mental health work in a related field

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

Demonstrable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of SMART care plans.

Benefits

Attractive Salary 24,000 - 25,000Training opportunities and career developmentFlexible workingSeason ticket loan schemeElectric Car SchemeCrisis Loan SchemeSimply Health - Health Cashback Scheme3 x Wellbeing Days (Pro Rata'd for Part Time Employees)Access to Blue Light CardCycle to work scheme25 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (rising to 30 days with length of service)Excellent contributory pension scheme. Employer matched contributions of up 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)

How to apply

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