Overview

Supporting People on Probation Navigator – Essex

Permanent

£26,000

Are you passionate about helping people overcome barriers and build positive futures? Do you believe everyone deserves the opportunity to make lasting change?

We’re looking for a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner to join our dedicated team, supporting adult and young men within the Criminal Justice System to improve their wellbeing, develop resilience and successfully reintegrate into their communities.

This is more than a job it’s an opportunity to transform lives.

What you’ll be doing

Working alongside experienced practitioners and partner organisations, you’ll deliver personalised health and wellbeing support that empowers people to make meaningful, sustainable changes.

You’ll provide tailored one-to-one and group interventions covering:

  • Family and significant relationships
  • Lifestyle and positive social networks
  • Emotional wellbeing
  • Social inclusion and community integration

From supporting individuals in custody to helping them transition successfully back into the community, you’ll play a vital role in every stage of their journey.

You’ll be responsible for

  • Managing your own caseload and building trusted relationships with clients
  • Assessing individual needs and developing personalised support plans
  • Delivering engaging one-to-one and group sessions
  • Providing practical advice, guidance and wellbeing interventions
  • Working closely with prison teams, community services and partner agencies to ensure seamless support
  • Recording outcomes and contributing to service performance targets
  • Helping people develop the confidence and skills to lead healthier, more independent lives

What we’re looking for

You’ll be someone who is:

  • Passionate about supporting vulnerable people to achieve positive change
  • A skilled communicator who can build trust with people from diverse backgrounds
  • Organised, resilient and confident managing a varied caseload
  • Comfortable delivering both individual and group interventions
  • A collaborative team player who enjoys working with partner agencies 

Experience within criminal justice, health, wellbeing, substance misuse, mental health, housing, probation or social care is desirable, but above all we’re looking for someone who genuinely wants to make a difference.

All probation-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 6- 16 weeks to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.

Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer. 

Please also see job description attached.

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
  • Support for Families – We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks’ continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace. If you’d like more information about our family-friendly benefits, please contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment@forwardtrust.org.uk 
  • 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)
    Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
     
    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. Please note that some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around 3 years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances.

    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.  

    We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
     
    Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
    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.

     
    Our Commitment to Safeguarding
    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.

    To apply for this job please visit careers.forwardtrust.org.uk.