Health and Wellbeing Champion (HAWC) Coordinator

Location – HMP Stoke Heath, Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire
Hours – 35 hours per week
Working Pattern – Monday to Thursday 8-4:15 Friday 8-12
Salary - £26,993 per annum.

Who we are?

The Forward Trust are a social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle 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.

As a Health and Wellbeing Champion Coordinator (Peer Coordinator) you will support the team and the prison to champion the integrated service and train service users to become peer supporters who deliver peer-led interventions and become peer supporters across all wings of the prison and to support the Health care services . You will also support and develop Health & Wellbeing Champions within the prison. Their roles will be to motivate and encourage clients to start taking greater responsibility for their health and wellbeing whilst in custody, and they will discuss and share the issues which they are concerned about by signposting and supporting them to the relevant services within the prison, and also with agreement from the prison deliver interventions to other peers.

Essential
Skills and Experience

• Experience of working within the substance misuse services.
• Carry out comprehensive assessments, designing and implementing SMART care plans.
• Experience of delivering structured interventions to service users.
• Experience of facilitating groups.
• Using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and group settings.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding
• Experience of promoting and supporting Equality and Diversity
• The use of strong IT skills to support case management.
• Experience of providing training and supervision to Peer Supporters.

Qualifications

• A Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Possession of a recognised counselling qualification, or about to start or ongoing attendance on a recognised counselling course.

Desirable
Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Qualifications

• Any qualification in substance misuse.
• A supervision and appraisal qualification.