Trainee Health & Well-being Practitioner - HMP Highdown - Surrey Permanent£25,207Here at HMP Highdown, an internal opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Health & Well-being Practitioner to join the Team. As part of the traineeship, you will be shadowing a member of the team and will be givenguidance and support working through the various aspects of the role in the business unit youhave been assigned to. The team member you will be shadowing will help ensure you arereceiving the training and development needed to become competent in the role. You willreceive regular reviews to ensure that you stay on track to successfully complete thetraineeship and undertake the compulsory external supervision as part of the traineeship. Partof your time on the traineeship will be spent working, gaining the practical experience and partstudying towards achieving the qualification that has been assigned (subject to criteria). The Forward Trust provide both clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services acrossSurrey Prisons in partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Each service operates aHealth and Wellbeing framework taking a trauma informed and gender responsive approachto delivery of a wide variety of interventions and integrated pathways tailored to meet specificneeds of each prison and individual service users. With pro-active partnership working a keyaspect in the delivery of these services multi-disciplinary working across mental health,healthcare services and the prison is essential. You will be based on site working within a team that have a broad skills mix to deliver combinedpsychosocial and clinical interventions providing recovery-orientated Health and WellbeingServices to service users aged 18 and over at: HMP Highdown a male category C prisonlocated in Sutton. This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may presentlow-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. The service operates 7 daysa week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis. 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.