THE FORWARD TRUST

Are you passionate about supporting individuals to make lasting changes in their lives? Join us as a Regional Health & Wellbeing Practitioner, delivering recovery-focused interventions to adults in custody across Surrey’s prison estate. You’ll work as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary team, playing a key role in supporting people with substance misuse and/or low-level mental health needs on their journey toward recovery and reintegration.

As part of our Health & Wellbeing Framework, you’ll provide tailored psychosocial support to individuals aged 18+ in custody. Working flexibly across multiple prison locations, you’ll assess needs, deliver 1:1 and group interventions, support release planning, and contribute to multi-agency pathways including housing, family services, clinical care, and employment.

You’ll be part of a highly skilled and supportive team, committed to a trauma-informed, gender-responsive, and person-centered approach.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct risk, initial, and comprehensive assessments to inform individual treatment plans
• Deliver a range of structured 1:1 sessions, group work, and therapeutic programmes
• Facilitate Health & Wellbeing Recovery interventions across multiple prison sites
• Support release planning and through-care pathways into community services
• Collaborate with partner agencies to ensure a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach
• Perform second signatory duties and oral swab testing where required
• Maintain accurate and timely records to support monitoring and evaluation (e.g. NDTMS)

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for a dedicated and skilled professional who brings the following essential experience and qualities:

• Experience in Substance Misuse Services
• Proven background in supporting individuals with drug and/or alcohol issues, ideally within structured service settings.
• Facilitating Structured Interventions and Therapeutic Groups
• Demonstrated experience in delivering evidence-based group work and structured psychosocial interventions tailored to service user needs.
• Practical Counselling Skills
• Ability to apply counselling techniques effectively in 1:1 settings to support service users through their recovery journey.

Please note this role is 37.5 hours per week.

We are currently recruiting a Lead Nurse / Non-Medical Prescriber / HMP Send and HMP Coldingley.

About the role

As a Band 7 NMP you will provide non-medical prescribing for clients with substance dependence. You will ensure management of complex clients, providing advice and guidance on prescribing issues to a team of practitioners, as well as other colleagues and agencies concerned with substance misuse.

As the Lead Nurse, you will demonstrate leadership and undertake managerial responsibilities. You will be responsible for ensuring effective and best use of the nursing provision and all clinical resources.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure you and your team provide high standards of nursing care through on-going clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment for drug and alcohol users.
• Work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability to safely deliver the service needs.
• Manage sensitive information empathically. This includes sharing and discussing a patient’s changing condition or needs with other relevant professionals.
• Lead on inter-professional and multidisciplinary working with the aim of ensuring continuity of care.
• Continuously evaluate, develop, and implement improvements for clinical and psychosocial service delivery.
• Participate and support staff in the safe management of high-risk areas and carry out risk assessments including: Handling hazardous material and body fluids / Challenging behaviour and high-risk situations / Adult/child safeguarding concerns / Illicit Drug Use.
• Promote the health and well-being of patients, supporting their often complex needs to maintain their optimum level of physical and psychological health.
• Manage and support the delivery of bio-psychological and clinical care planning, ensuring that needs assessments and treatment plans are reviewed and maintained in line with NMC and local guidelines.
• Ensure the 6 ‘C’s are embedded in your clinical practise and the practise of your junior staff.
• Ensure that all aspects of professional behaviour and standards are practised in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct at all times.

The ideal candidate will have

• 5 years post-registration experience.
• 2 years working in Substance Misuse Services.
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary staff.
• Evidence of personal development since entering the NMC register.
• Knowledge of the safe storage and administration of medication.
• The ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care and act accordingly if concerns present themselves.
• The ability and knowledge to carry out assessments, including risk assessment and management.
• Strong IT Skills and good written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to maintain accurate patient records within the standards required locally, the Forward Trust and NMC.
• Good organisational skills, a flexible approach to work and the ability to travel to other sites when required.

We are recruiting for a Recovery Navigator at HMP Millsike.

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.”

Role Responsibilities

Forward Trust’s Connections Team at HMP Millsike will have responsibility for delivery of a core ‘Connections’ service including:

• Connections Visits
• Connections Family and Relationship Services
• Connections Desistance and Wellbeing Services

As part of our Connections Team, you will help us to create a strong recovery ethos (or ‘ecosystem’) across the prison with a particular focus on our Designated Desistance Wing/ISFL.

Incentivised Substance Free Living (ISFL) – building on Forward’s experience of running ‘recovery wings’ in a variety of prisons.

Access to ‘Forward Connect – Forward’s added value ‘recovery community’ of former clients (ex-offenders and those in recovery) with nationwide membership of over 1,000.

1:1 support and complementary group workshops, such as resilience.

Recovery Themed Promotional Material - Wall-stencilled motivational messages and quotes, case study literature, videos and podcasts from Forward’s More Than My Past campaign.

 You will be working as part of a team of twenty skilled individuals and you will be offered a thorough induction at an organisational and service level. Training provided included eLearning live workshops .You will be provided with training from the Prison to support you feeling safe and confident in the expectations of you being a key holder.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

 Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for passionate and committed individuals with eagerness to work alongside colleagues within the Connections Health & Wellbeing and Connections Family & Relationships service provision and across HMP Millsike, to champion the ‘supporting & sustaining recovery’ (SSR) model.

SSR, at its core includes the ‘Recovery Village’ model (three stages: stabilisation/preparation (e.g. Stabilising OST, BBV Testing, Harm Minimisation); developing recovery longer programmes (e.g., Preparing for Abstinence Programme, Health Promotion, Peer Support, Relationships) and sustaining recovery (e.g. ISFL, Mutual Aid, Relapse Prevention, Employment, Complementary Therapies, Peer-Led Activities)).

Please see a list of skills and experience also needed for this role;

• Knowledge of the issues facing service users in the criminal justice sector and commitment to the process of recovery from addiction and low-level mental health issues
• Excellent experience of criminal justice system and/or mental health work in a related field
• Demonstrable experience of carrying out risk assessments, comprehensive assessments and the design and implementation of SMART recovery plans.
• Experience of carrying out health & wellbeing interventions including using motivational interviewing techniques in both 1:1 and therapeutic group settings
• A grounded personality, including the ability to set and maintain professional boundaries
• Demonstrable ability to organise workload, ensuring effective time management and prioritisation to meet targets
• Understanding of, and commitment to the principles of equal opportunity and GDPR requirements including client confidentiality

We are recruiting for Lived Experience Coordinator for Dependency and Recovery. 

We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime and addiction to move forward and live fulfilling lives .   

We deliver a range of MOJ Commissioned Rehabilitative services (CRS) directly for Probation in three key areas: Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Dependency & Recovery. Accommodation is delivered in Wales, Dependency and Recovery in London and Humberside, Personal Wellbeing in East of England, Sussex, Surrey and as a subcontractor in Kent and Cheshire.

These services work with Men 18+ who are under probation supervision, supporting them to navigate through their desired outcomes in order to achieve transformational change, break the cycle of offending and achieve long-term integration into society.       

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. No matter what your past, we believe anyone is capable of lasting change.

Role Responsibilities

You will be working remotely as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team, covering boroughs across London as a Lived Experience Co-Ordinator in the Dependency and Recovery Services as part of the CRS probation system.

You will contact new POP, providing an information pack, promote the benefits of working with us and introduce them to our Lived Experience Peers (LEPs). You will establish a referral pathway and continually promote our service in London via locally tailored marketing/publicity, e.g., roadshows/events, workshops, surgeries, local media, leveraging material from our ongoing “More Than My Past” campaign, giving voice to people with lived experience, and reinforcing the message that recovery is possible

Our aim is to reduce re-offending through a comprehensive, holistic and person centred package of support. Our service is tailored to meet individual needs by delivering a range of programmes within the Dependency and Recovery framework.

This role is primarily responsible for the development and management of the LEP’s Mentor service You will be required to recruit, train and supervise day to day management of volunteers and LEP’s

You will also co-ordinate team meetings,  update training and provide supervision for LEP’s and Volunteers and where applicable support with Level 2 peer mentoring qualification

You will be required to manage a diverse case load with a range of complexities and risk levels . You will be responsible for completing comprehensive assessments, creating a collaborative action plan, maintaining accurate record keeping throughout.

You will be responsible for adhering to the targets set by Forward and the local commissioners. Co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies and probation staff are vital to this role.

In addition to Monday-Friday we will provide out of hours support, so some degree of flexibility will be required (eg. evenings 5– 9pm/weekends 9am–5pm) provided virtually 1:1 and through an online and telephone helpline.

You may at times be required to attend our head office for training.

All probation-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks.

The Ideal Candidate

• Please see the skills and experience needed below for this role.
• Knowledge of the issues facing service users in the criminal justice sector.
• Previous experience of providing a peer support service to this or a similar client group or working closely with volunteers
• Demonstrable experience of managing high caseloads, carrying out risk/ comprehensive assessments, SMART action plans and effective case records
• Experience of delivering both 1:1 and group-work interventions using motivational techniques
• Experience of providing training and support for peer support services to prisoners, or those with drug or alcohol problems
• The ability to set and stick to professional boundaries
• Ability to work effectively with key partners in order to successfully deliver projects
• Demonstrate the ability to organise workload , ensuring effective time management and prioritisation to meet targets
• Understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of equal opportunity and GDPR requirements including client confidentiality
• Experience of strong communication skills with people from a range of backgrounds in a sensitive, supportive and professional manner

The post holder will contribute to, and be responsible for, ensuring the most effective and best use of staff and all clinical and non-clinical resources. The post-holder will be responsible for the delivery and monitoring of high standards of nursing care to patients assessed and admitted to the service according to their clinical needs, and in accordance with up-to-date evidence based practice and relevant clinical protocol and policies, in particular the Medically Assisted Treatment Service. The post holder needs to be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of security and safety consistent with working within a custodial framework. The post holder will also have responsibility to implement and monitor comprehensive assessments for those patients admitted to the service with substance misuse issues. Ensure reduced waiting times, and improve access throughout this prison population for all patients in need of a substance misuse treatment/psychosocial programmes and ensuring continuity of care when discharged back into the community in line with local and national guidelines.

He/she will manage a specialist substance misuse prescribing service, and offer nursing advice regarding substance misuse related issues to nursing colleagues in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for patient referred to this specialist service. This includes advice on treatment options including the full array of substitute prescribing, symptomatic management, the management of alcohol withdrawals and detoxification, advice on titration, dispensing of medication including controlled drugs, and managing all aspects of clinical safety e.g. potential overdose, pertinent to a high risk environment.

You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward Trust and the local commissioners, providing supervision. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role. Some flexibility of delivery may be required to enable continuity of care for the client group. There will be occasions when the post holder will be expected to cover for the SMS Manager in his/her absence. This post holder will also be responsible for nurturing the culture of continued learning and service development.

Please note this is a part time role of 21 hours.

The Ideal Candidate

Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.

Essential

Qualifications

• RMN or RGN at degree level(or equivalent) with Current UK Registration
• Evidence of continuing personal development/Revalidation and post-registration
• training in the nursing care, assessment and treatment substance misuse clients
• Evidence of Health Service Management.

Skills

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Sound clinical knowledge.
• Ability to lead and develop teams.
• Ability to provide and co-ordinate clinical and management supervision
• Ability to lead and facilitate decision-making processes
• Organisational skills
• Assessment skills, including an understanding of risk assessments.
• Ability to work within a Recovery model.
• Understanding of relapse prevention model.
• Ability to work in partnership with other agencies.
• Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally
• sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good
• communication skills.
• Flexibility to travel to other sites

Knowledge/ Experience

• Experience and understanding of the substance misuse sector.
• Awareness of health issues relating to substance misuse.
• 5 years post-registration experience
• 2 years in Substance Misuse at minimum band 6 level
• Experience of working within prison/secure setting.
• Experience of key working and care planning.
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary staff.
• Experience in multi-agency working and training
• Experience of health service management
• Experience of reporting maintenance requirements

**Please be advised this role is located within Market Drayton, Shropshire**

We are looking for a motivated and skilled Health and Wellbeing Coordinator to join our team at HMP Stoke Heath. Our services deliver psychosocial interventions, drug and alcohol treatment programmes, and work in partnership with healthcare providers as part of the Stoke Heath Integrated Care (SHIC) service.

This role is vital in strengthening the links between SHIC, partner agencies, and service users within the prison. As a Health and Wellbeing Coordinator, you will support Service Managers and the prison to champion SHIC, while training and supervising service users who become Health and Wellbeing Champions (HAWCs). These HAWCs will deliver peer-led interventions and provide support across all prison wings.

You will contribute to the achievement of local and national targets, provide training and guidance to HAWCs and staff, and play a key role in measuring outcomes and service quality. Collaborative working with partner agencies and stakeholders will be central to your success.

Key Responsibilities

• Train, supervise, and support Health and Wellbeing Champions (HAWCs).

• Deliver structured psychosocial interventions, both individually and in groups.  

• Promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion across all aspects of service delivery.

• Maintain accurate case management records and monitor outcomes.

• Work closely with internal teams, healthcare partners, and commissioners to ensure effective service delivery.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience of working within substance misuse services.

• Ability to carry out assessments and create SMART care plans.

• Experience delivering structured interventions and facilitating groups.

• Skilled in motivational interviewing in both 1:1 and group settings.

• Strong knowledge of safeguarding.

• Experience promoting Equality and Diversity.

• Proficiency in IT systems for case management.

• Experience providing training and supervision to peer supporters.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Health & Social Care (or equivalent).

• A recognised counselling qualification, or currently undertaking a recognised counselling course.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience providing supervision, appraisals, and constructive feedback.

• Experience working in the community and/or criminal justice sector.

• Knowledge of community support services.

• Experience providing counselling to individuals with drug or alcohol problems.

• Personal lived experience of addiction recovery (3+ years clean) or prison (5+ years post-release).

• Experience of using clinical supervision effectively.

Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive life changes? Do you want to work in a rewarding, multi-disciplinary environment that makes a real impact? We are currently recruiting for a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our dedicated team at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre.

As part of our integrated healthcare model, Forward Trust provides Psychosocial Substance Misuse Recovery Services on-site at Campsfield IRC. This is a unique opportunity to support individuals within the immigration system who are experiencing substance misuse, low-level mental health challenges, and wider wellbeing concerns.

About the Role

As a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in delivering tailored, person-centred support to detainees. Working collaboratively within a multi-agency framework, your key responsibilities will include:

• Conducting assessments of need, risk, and developing recovery plans
• Managing a caseload and delivering both 1:1 and group interventions
• Supporting discharge and release planning for continuity of care
• Promoting and signposting to relevant internal and external services
• Contributing to daily referral meetings and multidisciplinary reviews
• Maintaining accurate, confidential records in line with GDPR requirements
• Preparing reports and engagement summaries for official use
• Providing transitional support for service users pre-release or deportation
• Actively engaging in service improvement and professional development

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone with experience in substance misuse, mental health, or holistic wellbeing support. You’ll need to be a compassionate, proactive individual with excellent communication and partnership-working skills.

Experience working in a secure or high-intensity setting is advantageous, but not essential – we value your ability to build trust and support service users through challenging transitions.

Working in Partnership

You will work alongside professionals from various disciplines including Healthcare, Probation, Housing, Education, and Community Support Services. Collaborative working is essential to delivering seamless care within the centre and beyond.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong cultural awareness and sensitivity, with the ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Experience supporting people for whom English is not their first language is desirable

Please also see the job description attached for more information about this role.

**This role is based in Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire**

Are you passionate about helping others make positive changes in their lives?

Join Forward Trust as a Trainee Recovery Worker and start your journey toward a rewarding career supporting people in recovery.

As part of this traineeship, you’ll learn on the job by shadowing experienced colleagues within one of our dedicated business units. You’ll receive structured guidance, mentoring, and ongoing support to help you develop the skills and knowledge needed to become fully competent in the role.

Throughout the traineeship, you’ll:

• Split your time between practical work experience and study, working toward a nationally recognised qualification (subject to eligibility criteria).
• Receive regular reviews to track your progress and ensure you stay on course to successfully complete the programme.
• Participate in compulsory therapy sessions as part of your personal and professional development.

What You’ll Learn and Do

As a Trainee Recovery Worker, you’ll gain hands-on experience and build confidence in key areas such as:

• Planning and managing your own caseload effectively.
• Reviewing ongoing care and treatment in collaboration with healthcare and partner agencies.
• Co-facilitating group sessions and programmes to a professional standard.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver integrated support.
• Recording and managing data for audit, research, and reporting purposes.
• Carrying out risk and needs assessments to inform individual treatment plans.
• Supporting clients in developing recovery and through-care plans tailored to their needs.
• Understanding the second signatory process and related procedures.

You’ll be part of a supportive team environment where learning, collaboration, and professional growth are at the heart of everything we do.

About You

We’re looking for individuals who are committed, empathetic, and motivated to build a career in recovery services. You’ll have:

• (If applicable) At least two years of abstinence from all substances and a commitment to maintaining recovery.
• An understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults in recovery, including those with experience of offending or homelessness.
• A genuine commitment to equality, diversity, and confidentiality.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• The ability to manage your workload and meet deadlines.
• The confidence to set and maintain professional boundaries.
• A willingness to complete a nationally recognised qualification as part of the traineeship.

Location: HMP & YOI Bronzefield, Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, TW15 3JZ
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Service Area: Substance Misuse – Health & Wellbeing Services

About the Role

The Forward Trust delivers both clinical and psychosocial substance misuse services across Surrey prisons, working in close partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Our approach is trauma-informed, gender-responsive, and designed to provide holistic, recovery-orientated support tailored to the specific needs of each prison and individual service user.

We are now seeking an experienced and motivated Service Manager to lead our Substance Misuse Service at HMP & YOI Bronzefield,  a progressive and dynamic women’s prison serving courts across the South of England.

As Service Manager, you’ll oversee a dedicated multi-disciplinary team delivering integrated clinical and psychosocial interventions as part of our Health and Wellbeing framework. You’ll ensure high standards of care, regulatory compliance, and strong performance across the service, while developing effective relationships with key stakeholders including NHS partners, commissioners, and prison leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Service Management

• Line manage and support Team Leaders and practitioners within the service.
• Lead the operational and strategic delivery of Forward’s Substance Misuse Service within HMP & YOI Bronzefield.
• Act as the CQC Registered Manager (upon completion of probation or agreed timeframe).
• Ensure services meet contractual, CQC, and audit standards, with accurate data and timely reporting.
• Produce performance reports for commissioners and attend regular contract meetings.
• Oversee staff recruitment, supervision, and performance management in line with Forward Trust values and policies.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with prison staff, probation services, healthcare, and other key partners.

Strategy & Quality Assurance

• Contribute to regional strategic development and support delivery of Forward’s business plan.
• Monitor service performance against contractual targets and take action where necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement through audits, quality reviews, and service user feedback.
• Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and security standards in line with Forward’s governance frameworks.
• Promote a culture of learning, innovation, and inclusion across the service.

Data, Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure accurate data collection and submission through systems such as SystemOne, NDTMS, DET/NEBULA, and DAMS.
• Maintain clear documentation for audit, research, and reporting purposes.
• Ensure all service information is compliant with data protection, confidentiality, and statutory requirements.

About You

We’re looking for a confident and compassionate leader with strong operational management experience in substance misuse or criminal justice settings. You’ll be passionate about delivering quality services that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience managing drug and alcohol services, ideally within a prison environment.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with a track record of developing high-performing teams.
• Experience overseeing data collection, audits, and performance reporting.
• Excellent problem-solving, negotiation, and influencing abilities.
• Working knowledge of psychosocial and 12-step interventions.
• Sound understanding of CQC standards, risk management, and safeguarding procedures.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and case management systems.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in service delivery.

Desirable:

• Experience working within the voluntary sector.
• Background in service improvement or transformation projects.

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse ready to make a real difference?

 We're looking for a Band 6 Nurse to join our dedicated team providing high-quality clinical assessment and treatment to individuals with substance dependency in a secure environment at HMP Bronzefield located in Ashford,Surrey. Working in close partnership with HM Prison Service and key stakeholders, you’ll play a vital role in transforming lives and supporting recovery.

 What you’ll do:

• Deliver exceptional nursing care in line with the NMC Code of Conduct
• Provide evidence-based interventions to support substance misuse recovery
• Ensure quality standards are met and continuously monitored
• Demonstrate clinical leadership and take on managerial responsibilities as needed
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support service users holistically

 What we’re looking for:

• A registered nurse (NMC) with experience in substance misuse or a related field
• Strong clinical skills and a compassionate, non-judgmental approach
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• A proactive leader ready to take initiative when required

 Please note the location of this role is in a rural area, so a car driver would be preferred as public transport is limited.

Join us in providing care that changes lives. If you're committed to making a difference in secure healthcare, we want to hear from you!

We are currently recruiting for a Substance Misuse Service - Band 5, based at HMP Send and Coldingley

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment, and re-offending.

Role / Team overview

As a Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse with The Forward Trust, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, nurse-led clinical and psychosocial interventions to individuals with substance misuse issues in a prison setting. This dynamic and challenging environment offers the opportunity to utilise and expand your nursing skills while making a tangible impact on the lives of those in your care.

Key responsibilities

• Clinical Assessment & Care Planning: Conduct comprehensive assessments of individuals with substance misuse issues, developing and implementing personalised care plans.
• Treatment Delivery: Administer and monitor prescribed treatments, including medication-assisted therapies, ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including healthcare professionals, prison staff, and external agencies, to provide holistic care.
• Health Promotion & Education: Deliver health education and advice to service users, promoting recovery and well-being.
• Record Keeping & Reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, ensuring compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Safeguarding & Risk Management: Identify and address safeguarding concerns, implementing appropriate risk management strategies.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential:

• Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid NMC PIN.
• Minimum of one year post-registration experience.
• Experience or a keen interest in substance misuse nursing.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Desirable:

• Experience in a prison or secure healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of substance misuse treatment protocols and harm reduction strategies.
• Additional qualifications or training in substance misuse or mental health nursing.

Please note unfortunately we cannot offer any kind of Sponsorship or Visa with this role.

Join The Forward Trust and make a real difference to the lives of those affected by substance misuse within Surrey Prisons. Working in partnership with HM Prison Service and other key stakeholders, you’ll deliver high-quality clinical assessment, treatment and support to prisoners on their recovery journey.

As a Band 6 Substance Misuse Nurse, you’ll provide compassionate, professional care in line with the NMC Code of Conduct, ensuring the highest standards of clinical practice across all areas of your work. You’ll carry your own caseload, managing complex patient needs and delivering evidence-based interventions to support recovery and wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Work autonomously while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary and external partners.
• Handle sensitive information professionally, maintaining confidentiality and empathy.
• Promote the physical and psychological wellbeing of patients, managing risk and safeguarding concerns.
• Administer and monitor prescribed medication in line with clinical protocols and governance standards.
• Contribute to service development and the continuous improvement of clinical and psychosocial interventions.
• Provide leadership and clinical supervision to junior staff, deputising for the Lead Nurse when required.
• Participate in clinical governance meetings and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation in accordance with NMC and Forward Trust standards.
• Commit to continuous professional development, keeping up to date with Department of Health guidelines and ensuring NMC revalidation requirements are met.
• Represent The Forward Trust and HM Prison Service with professionalism and integrity, promoting partnership working and continuity of care.

This role gives you the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while developing your leadership and clinical skills in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment. You’ll be part of a team that values compassion, competence, and commitment, helping people move forward towards recovery and a healthier future.

Please see job description attached with all information

We are currently recruiting for a Substance Misuse Service - Band 5, based at HMP Send and Coldingley

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment, and re-offending.

Role / Team overview

As a Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse with The Forward Trust, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, nurse-led clinical and psychosocial interventions to individuals with substance misuse issues in a prison setting. This dynamic and challenging environment offers the opportunity to utilise and expand your nursing skills while making a tangible impact on the lives of those in your care.

Key responsibilities

• Clinical Assessment & Care Planning: Conduct comprehensive assessments of individuals with substance misuse issues, developing and implementing personalised care plans.
• Treatment Delivery: Administer and monitor prescribed treatments, including medication-assisted therapies, ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including healthcare professionals, prison staff, and external agencies, to provide holistic care.
• Health Promotion & Education: Deliver health education and advice to service users, promoting recovery and well-being.
• Record Keeping & Reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, ensuring compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Safeguarding & Risk Management: Identify and address safeguarding concerns, implementing appropriate risk management strategies.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential:

• Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid NMC PIN.
• Minimum of one year post-registration experience.
• Experience or a keen interest in substance misuse nursing.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Desirable:

• Experience in a prison or secure healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of substance misuse treatment protocols and harm reduction strategies.
• Additional qualifications or training in substance misuse or mental health nursing.

Please note unfortunately we cannot offer any kind of Sponsorship or Visa with this role.

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

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.

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

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.

We are recruiting for a Health Care Assistant

In this role you will work within an integrated healthcare framework to deliver high standards of nursing care and psychosocial interventions to patients admitted to the service according to their clinical needs, in line with relevant clinical protocols, policies and evidence based practice.

Role Responsibilities

Working within a health improvement framework you will deliver client centred interventions alongside the Registered Nurses, as part of a multidisciplinary team, upholding professional standards at all times. You will assist the medical team with the clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of all aspects of care, with and without direct supervision.

You will support the medical team in monitoring and accurately reporting on the general physical, mental and psychological health and well-being of clients as required for medical detox. You will support the medical team to encourage behavior change in the context of the 12 Step Treatment Programme and health promotion. At times you may be required to carry out brief crisis interventions dependent on medical or mental health need. You may be required to attend community meetings and deliver the code of conduct meetings explaining expectations of behavior and rationale for these boundaries.

You will be expected to manage your own time effectively and allocate and prioritise work and assigned tasks appropriately to best achieve desired outcomes, but will have the support of the registered nurses and multidisciplinary team.

It is important for the post holder to have an understanding of the safety and security needed when working within a prison setting.

All probation-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

• Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks

The Ideal Candidate

• Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Time management and organisational skills
• Accurate record keeping on electronic records system
• Strong communication skills
• Motivation to actively take part in upholding Infection Control practices relating to BBV’s and Covid19, including the use of PPE

Please note this role is 37.5 hours as a 12-month ‘New Era’ pilot scheme. This will be reviewed in August 2026. 

Are you a compassionate, motivated nurse looking to broaden your skills in a dynamic and rewarding environment?

At The Forward Trust, we’re recruiting Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurses across HMP Chelmsford (Essex), HMP Send (Woking, Surrey) and HMP Bronzefield (Ashford, Surrey).

This permanent role can be full-time or part-time, offering flexible working. You’ll support individuals on their recovery journey while developing specialist clinical skills in a secure, fast-paced setting.

You’ll deliver nurse-led clinical and psychosocial interventions to individuals with substance misuse needs. Working within a prison setting offers variety, challenge, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to health, recovery, and wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete assessments and develop tailored care plans
• Administer and monitor medication-assisted treatments
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and prison staff
• Provide health promotion and recovery-focused guidance
• Keep accurate, compliant clinical records
• Identify and manage safeguarding and risk concerns

Person Specification

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Registered Nurse (RN) status with a valid NMC PIN
• At least 1-year post-registration experience
• Experience or a strong interest in substance misuse care
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Experience in prison or secure settings – Desirable
• Knowledge of substance misuse protocols and harm reduction - Desirable
• Additional training in mental health or substance misuse - Desirable

If you’re ready to use your nursing skills where they can create real change, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and join a team committed to recovery, growth, and positive outcomes.

Please Note: Interviews for this role will commence 2nd week of Jan 2026 

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Are you passionate about helping people rebuild their lives and strengthen relationships?

We're looking for a Family Connections Worker based in Cheshire to join our team. You’ll play a key role in the wider Personal Wellbeing Service, delivering tailored Family and Significant Others interventions to adult and young men in the Criminal Justice system.

As a Family Connections Worker, you’ll deliver client-centred support that adapts to each individual’s needs. You’ll be providing a blend of 1:1 and group interventions across the Family & Significant Others programme areas.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a varied caseload with professionalism and empathy
• Completing assessments, developing care plans, and offering ongoing advice and guidance
• Delivering structured 1:1 and group-work sessions
• Building effective working relationships with partner agencies
• Contributing to key targets set by Forward, Interventions Alliance, and local commissioners, with a strong focus on outcomes

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A proactive, client-centred approach
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends
• Willingness to travel within the Cheshire cluster (with notice) to support continuity of care

You’ll be part of a supportive team committed to improving wellbeing and strengthening family relationships for individuals in the Criminal Justice system. Your work will create real, lasting change.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

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

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.

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

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.

Are you ready to lead a dedicated team making a real impact on people’s lives across East Kent?

We’re looking for a proactive, supportive and organised Team Leader to line-manage our Housing Support Workers and work closely with the Service Manager to deliver a high-quality, outcome-driven service.

The overarching aim of the project is to increase the number of people entering structured drug and alcohol treatment while helping them maintain stable and secure housing, and you’ll play a key part in driving this forward.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the East Kent Housing Support service by:

• Allocating caseloads and managing a small number of complex cases
• Supporting, developing and motivating your team
• Meeting performance targets set by Forward and Grant Funding Commissioners
• Ensuring data accuracy and on-time reporting
• Deputising for the Service Manager when needed and acting as the most senior on-site representative

Collaboration is at the heart of the role. You’ll work closely with Local Authority Housing Teams, partner agencies and other Forward departments to ensure clients receive the best possible support and continuity of care.

What success looks like

• You’ll help deliver key outcomes, including:
• Improved recovery rates for people in structured treatment
• Reduced unplanned discharge from treatment where housing needs are a factor
• Better support for people in temporary accommodation with substance misuse needs
• Fewer accommodation losses linked to substance misuse
• Improved access to sustainable, suitable housing
• Reduced unmet housing need for those in drug and alcohol treatment
• Stronger evidence and understanding of effective housing-related interventions

What we’re looking for

Someone who’s confident, flexible and committed, able to travel across East Kent when needed, build strong professional relationships, and uphold the high standards expected of this trusted position.

If you're ready to lead with purpose and support people towards recovery and secure housing, we’d love to hear from you.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

We reserve the right to close this advert, so early applications are encouraged

Help people on probation in Surrey build safer, stronger, and more connected lives.

At Forward Trust, we believe another life is possible, and as a Navigator, you’ll walk alongside people as they rebuild relationships, overcome barriers, and move toward a crime-free future.

About the Role

Based primarily in Redhill Probation Office, with regular travel to West Sussex PDUs and HMP Highdown, you’ll deliver 1:1 and group interventions that support positive change.

This is an in-person role, with some virtual work where needed. Expect variety: one day you might run a music group, support an allotment project, or meet someone pre-release; the next you could be delivering structured sessions, liaising with Probation Practitioners, or even scoring the winning football penalty.

You’ll:

• Build rapport and motivate people on probation to engage and move forward
• Support them to understand relationships, wellbeing, social inclusion, and lifestyle choices
• Deliver interventions that form part of their sentence plan
• Maintain accurate records and make every contact count
• Work closely with probation teams, resettlement teams, and community partners

About You

You might come from probation, prisons, the police, courts, education, health, social care, psychology, coaching, counselling, fostering, or bring entirely different but valuable life experience. What matters most is your ability to connect, support, and believe in people’s capacity to change.

We’re looking for:

• Genuine passion for supporting others and belief in their potential
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust
• Experience or transferable skills in assessment, planning, and delivering interventions
• Reliability, teamwork, and confidence when working independently
• Creativity, adaptability, and a commitment to high-quality delivery
• A full UK driving licence is desirable (travel is essential)
• Willingness to work occasional evenings

Join a national charity delivering Commissioned Rehabilitative Services across the country, with 30% of our staff bringing lived experience. In Surrey, you’ll be part of a passionate, supportive team working directly with the Probation Service across Redhill, Guildford, Staines, and local prisons.

Help shape brighter futures, and build your own, as a Supporting People on Probation Navigator.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

RECONNECT is a flagship NHS programme designed to address health inequalities faced by people leaving prison. It provides a bridge between prison and community healthcare, ensuring individuals can access the health and care support they need both before and after release. This service represents the largest investment in Health & Justice services in the past six years and plays a vital role in improving rehabilitation and resettlement outcomes across the region.

As Partnership Manager, you will act as the strategic link between Forward Trust teams and key stakeholders, ensuring seamless collaboration across prisons, probation, voluntary, and community health services.

You’ll be the single point of contact driving partnership development, supporting frontline teams, and ensuring that service delivery meets high standards. Your role will be crucial in ensuring clients leaving custody can access holistic, person-centred support.

Key responsibilities include:

• Mapping and improving access to existing community services while identifying gaps in provision.
• Supporting voluntary sector partners to work effectively and safely within the prison environment.
• Developing and strengthening partnerships with CRCs, probation, healthcare, and community organisations.
• Acting as an advocate for clients and ensuring equitable access to services inside and outside prison.
• Contributing to quality standards, audits, and reporting requirements, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement.
• Providing guidance, supervision, and support to teams across the East of England.

This is a dynamic and varied role requiring a strategic mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build strong working relationships at all levels.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking someone who is not only motivated by making a difference, but also brings the skills and experience to thrive in this strategic role.

Essential criteria include:

• Strong IT and project management skills to support effective service delivery.
• Flexibility to adapt to the evolving needs of the service.
• Proven experience in developing service level agreements (SLAs) with multiple providers.
• Knowledge of community-based support organisations.
• Ability to represent Forward Trust with professionalism and credibility.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders in different settings.

If you are passionate about reducing health inequalities, strengthening partnerships, and helping people leaving prison access the support they need, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Family Connections Worker based in Kent, you’ll work 17.5 hours per week, primarily remotely, as part of a flexible team delivering Forward Trust’s Family & Significant Others interventions within the wider Personal Wellbeing Service. You’ll support adult and young men across the Criminal Justice system to strengthen family relationships, build resilience, and improve overall wellbeing.

What you’ll do:

• Deliver tailored 1:1 and group interventions under the Family & Significant Others framework
• Carry out risk, initial and comprehensive assessments
• Manage a diverse caseload, creating care plans that put clients at the centre
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies, Probation, and the wider Interventions Alliance team
• Contribute to KPIs, targets, and outcome reporting
• Maintain high standards of safeguarding, risk management, and record keeping

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Are client-centred, organised, and confident facilitating groups
• Enjoy working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Can adapt to flexible working needs, including occasional evenings/weekends
• Are comfortable travelling within your cluster when needed (with notice)
• Handle sensitive information with professionalism and integrity

You’ll be part of a mission-driven team focused on creating positive change, with scope to innovate, collaborate, and make a meaningful difference every day.

If you’re passionate about supporting change, strengthening family connections, and empowering individuals on their journey, we’d love to hear from you.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Are you passionate about supporting people through life-changing recovery?

We’re looking for a committed Outreach Recovery Worker to join our integrated healthcare team in Swale, someone who can meet people where they are, break down barriers to treatment, and support them toward safer, healthier futures.

In this dynamic role, you’ll work with adults experiencing drug or alcohol challenges, providing intensive, person-centred support through harm-reduction and abstinence-based interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team.

What You’ll Do

• Support high-risk clients on opiate substitute therapy or with alcohol dependence.
• Provide extra support to prevent disengagement and re-engage clients quickly when needed.
• Deliver assertive outreach to keep clients connected to treatment.
• Coordinate with healthcare teams to monitor health and minimise risk.
• Provide structured 1:1s, group work, and evidence-based programmes.
• Support clients with housing, benefits, training, employment, and specialist services.
• Promote Naloxone use and increase needle-exchange provision.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload, completing assessments, care plans, reviews, and structured sessions.
• Deliver intensive support and outreach to clients with multiple needs and co-occurring conditions.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation and meet all audit and data-capture standards (including NDTMS).
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies across healthcare, housing, criminal justice, and community services.
• Meet agreed KPIs and contribute to measurable client outcomes.
• Follow safeguarding, confidentiality, health & safety, and risk-management protocols at all times.
• Use IT systems effectively, supporting smooth service delivery and information sharing.
• Contribute to service audits, quality improvements, and continuous professional development.

This is a meaningful role where your work genuinely changes lives. You’ll be part of a supportive team committed to reducing harm, strengthening recovery, and helping clients rebuild their futures.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Are you looking to make a meaningful impact in a role that truly matters?

Join The Forward Trust as a part-time Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, supporting service users at Heathrow IRC with substance misuse, low-level mental health needs and wider wellbeing concerns. Working 14 hours per week, you’ll join a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering compassionate, person-centred care in a unique setting.

What You’ll Do

• In this varied and rewarding role, you will:
• Attend daily referral meetings and team huddles
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary reviews
• Complete assessments, risk management and personalised recovery plans
• Manage a caseload and deliver both group sessions and 1:1 interventions
• Promote and signpost additional support services
• Support release or discharge planning to ensure continuity of care
• Maintain accurate records in line with GDPR requirements
• Produce reports and engagement summaries for official use
• Contribute to ongoing service improvement and organisational goals
• Provide transitional support from the centre to the community
• Engage in required training and professional development

Working in Partnership

Collaboration is key. You’ll work closely with teams across Housing, Employment, Gym, Healthcare, Probation, and specialist agencies, both within the centre and in the community, ensuring each service user receives holistic, joined-up support.

Training & Development

Your growth matters. Completion of the Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Programme (DAWFDP) is mandatory. This structured 12-month programme, aligned with the OHID capability framework, will begin as soon as you join us and will support your continued professional development.

Join us and help people take their first steps toward healthier, more hopeful futures, your impact could change a life.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Here 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 given guidance and support working through the various aspects of the role in the business unit you have been assigned to. The team member you will be shadowing will help ensure you are receiving the training and development needed to become competent in the role. You will receive regular reviews to ensure that you stay on track to successfully complete the traineeship and undertake the compulsory external supervision as part of the traineeship. Part of your time on the traineeship will be spent working, gaining the practical experience and part studying towards achieving the qualification that has been assigned (subject to criteria).

The Forward Trust provide both clinical and psychosocial Substance Misuse Services across Surrey Prisons in partnership with NHS Trust healthcare providers. Each service operates a Health and Wellbeing framework taking a trauma informed and gender responsive approach to delivery of a wide variety of interventions and integrated pathways tailored to meet specific needs of each prison and individual service users. With pro-active partnership working a key aspect 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 combined psychosocial and clinical interventions providing recovery-orientated Health and Wellbeing Services to service users aged 18 and over at: HMP Highdown a male category C prison located in Sutton.

This will involve working directly with those who are detained in the prison who may present low-level mental health needs and/or substance misuse issues. The service operates 7 days a week therefore weekend working will be a requirement on a rota basis.

Are you passionate about empowering others, championing lived experience, and shaping meaningful change?

Join our dynamic Substance Misuse Service at HMP Wormwood Scrubs and play a key role in transforming recovery pathways for men in custody.

Working within the New Models of Care (NMOC) framework, our team delivers trauma-informed, recovery-oriented interventions that support individuals from their first days in custody through to release and resettlement. We work hand-in-hand with healthcare partners to ensure every service user receives holistic, person-centred support.

What You’ll Do

As our Peer Supporter Lead, you’ll be the driving force behind peer-led, lived-experience initiatives across the prison. Your role will include:

• Recruiting, training, and supervising peer supporters and mentors
• Empowering peer supporters to deliver interventions and wellbeing initiatives across all prison wings
• Promoting engagement in recovery pathways and strengthening service-user involvement
• Building effective links between the substance misuse service, healthcare teams, prison staff, and service users
• Supporting the continued development of the Peer Supporter programme in partnership with healthcare providers

What We’re Looking For

• A passionate, motivated individual with experience supporting vulnerable people
• Someone confident in leading, developing or mentoring others
• Strong partnership-building skills and a belief in the power of lived experience
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends as part of a rota
• Willingness to work across sites, including some deployment at HMP Brixton

 This is a unique opportunity to shape a culture of hope, connection, and shared recovery. By developing the Peer Supporter programme, you will directly influence how service users support one another, build resilience, and take ownership of their wellbeing while in custody.

 Please note the role includes an Interim allowance of £3000 reviewed every 6-months, basic salary based on 35 hours would be £25,207.00. This interim scheme will be reviewed on 31st March 2026. 

 Please see attached Job Description for full details 

Do you have lived experience of health challenges, substance use, or the criminal justice system, and want to use it to make a real difference?

Forward Trust’s NHS-commissioned RECONNECT service is looking for a passionate Peer Support Worker to help people leaving prison reconnect with vital health and wellbeing support.

This is a rewarding, frontline role where your experience, empathy and insight will help shape a truly person-centred service across HMP The Mount and the wider Hertfordshire community.

What you’ll do:

• Deliver a person-centred RECONNECT service in custody and the community
• Complete assessments and co-produce tailored care plans
• Support service users for up to 6 months post-release
• Manage a varied caseload and coordinate with community services
• Lead and support the prison Peer Support Programme
• Recruit, train and support prison peer supporters
• Build strong partnerships with prisons, healthcare and external agencies
• Maintain accurate case notes, assessments and risk documentation
• Support Meet & Greet and “Meet at the Gate” releases

What we’re looking for:

• Relevant lived experience aligned with our EDI values
• Strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills
• Confidence working across custody and community settings
• A compassionate, collaborative and reliable approach

Be part of a values-led organisation making a real impact on health inequalities and successful reintegration.

Please note: Prison Vetting is required for this role which is managed by HMPPS & can take between 8-12 weeks to process. 

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Are you passionate about helping people on probation rebuild their lives and navigate recovery? Join The Forward Trust as a Recovery Navigator, working as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team making a real difference across London.

As a Recovery Navigator, you’ll be based within the boroughs of Ealing & Hillingdon, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster, travelling between local probation delivery units as part of your day-to-day work.

This is an in-person, community-based role, giving you the opportunity to meet clients face-to-face, build trust, and help them access the services they need.

What You’ll Do

• You’ll manage a diverse caseload of adult male prison leavers and those on community orders, providing tailored support to help them engage with treatment and sustain positive change. Your responsibilities will include:
• Completing comprehensive assessments and creating collaborative action plans
• Delivering one-to-one and group interventions (including virtual sessions)
• Maintaining accurate and timely records
• Offering practical support and advocacy, from completing referral forms and attending appointments to liaising with partner agencies
• Providing advice, guidance and information that empowers individuals to act and progress
• Delivering motivational interventions to build recovery skills and confidence

About the Service

The London Dependency and Recovery Service is designed to bridge the gap between probation and community substance misuse services. Rather than duplicating existing provision, our goal is to ensure access and sustained engagement with statutory and community partners, supporting individuals towards controlled dependent behaviour or abstinence and ultimately reducing re-offending.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience supporting individuals with substance misuse or complex needs
• Strong communication and partnership-building skills
• A flexible, proactive approach and commitment to empowering others
• Ability to work across multiple sites within London

At Forward, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values collaboration, innovation, and personal growth. You’ll receive ongoing training, the chance to specialise, and the opportunity to make a genuine difference in the lives of others.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

We are recruiting for a Administrator at HMP Chelmsford 

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.”

Role Responsibilities

The Administrator position entails providing a comprehensive business administration service to support senior substance misuse management, ensuring data quality and administrative effectiveness.

The purpose of this post is to ensure the smooth administration at HMP Chelmsford. Responsibilities include providing support to managers and integrated substance misuse teams, contributing to and monitoring targets set by Forward, performing some secretarial duties, data validation, time management, and system monitoring.

The role requires collaborative work with the data team and this will be remote. The ability to work independently and proactively for protracted periods is a must. Being dynamic and flexible to meet key deadlines and data submission requirements is imperative to the function of this role.

• Ensure the collection of relevant statistical data is accurate and reported in accordance with any specified deadlines.
• Take minutes in a range of meetings and ensure they are organised, and the correct attendees are invited.
• Liaison, where appropriate, with relevant prison departments, including clinical partners.
• Opening and distribution of external and internal post, ensuring outgoing mail is delivered to the post room in a timely manner.
• To be responsible for answering the general office telephone and dealing with enquiries as appropriate. Using own initiative when dealing with a range of subjects in a courteous and efficient manner, whether in person, writing or telephone, always taking client confidentiality into consideration.  
• To assist with filing and maintenance of ISMT administration records in an orderly and user-friendly system. 
• Engage positively in team meetings and supervision sessions as required by the Service Manager.  
• Support the Service by ensuring all tasks are covered and undertaken to a high standard.  
• Alert the Line Manager and Service Manager to any significant risks or problems arising while managing and monitoring the services carried out.
• Take on other reasonable tasks and responsibilities as deemed appropriate by line management 

Working as part of a team of 14 you will be reporting to the Service Managers. This is a part time role of 28 hours and can be flexible on the days of work with a recommended start time of 8am.

You will be recording data onto a national data base system. You will be based on the wing but no one to one interaction with the Prisoners. You will be working with other stakeholders inside and outside of the organisation.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
• Co-residents
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
• Credit reference checks
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an organised individual who can work on own their own initiative who have great attention to detail and can work towards deadlines and targets.

Please see below a list of skills and experience also needed for this role;

• An intermediate to advanced certification or demonstrable experience in Microsoft packages.
• A minimum of one years’ experience of providing administrative support within a large team, demonstrating ability to work in a pressured environment.
• Experience of accurately collating statistical information, with an attention to detail and report writing.
• Experience of developing, implementing or maintaining large databases and managing administrative tasks associated with them.
• Willingness to develop an understanding of the aims of Forward and support the organisations ethos.
• Previous experience of working within a confidential and/or secure environment.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to effectively manage a varied workload whilst working to deadlines and targets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deal with people of all levels and to work on own initiative in preparing correspondence.
• Experience of working closely with senior managers and remote management

We are recruiting for a Band 7 NMP in our Surrey Prisons.

Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.

The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.

We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.”

Role Responsibilities

As a Band 7 NMP you will provide non-medical prescribing for clients with substance dependence. You will ensure management of complex clients, providing advice and guidance on prescribing issues to a team of practitioners, as well as other colleagues and agencies concerned with substance misuse. As the Lead Nurse, you will demonstrate leadership and undertake managerial responsibilities. You will be responsible for ensuring effective and best use of the nursing provision and all clinical resources.

All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 8-12 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

• Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history).
• Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children).
• Co-residents.
• Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
• Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates.
• Credit reference checks.
• Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service).
• Other government and overseas agency or police checks.

The Ideal Candidate

Please see a list of skills and experience needed below for this role;

• 5 years post-registration experience
• 2 years working in Substance Misuse Services at a Band 6 level
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary staff
• Evidence of personal development since entering the NMC register
• Knowledge of the safe storage and administration of medication
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care and act accordingly if concerns present themselves
• Ability and knowledge to carry out assessments, including risk ssessment and management
• Strong IT Skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain accurate patient records within the standards required locally, the Forward Trust and NMC
• Demonstrate the ability to work under pressure
• Understand the different roles within a multidisciplinary team and be able to work effectively within this
• Leadership skills (motivating, use of initiative, change management)
• Experience working within a recovery model
• Ability to lead and develop a service
• Ability to lead and facilitate decision-making processes
• Organisational skills
• Understanding of relapse prevention model.
• Ability to work in partnership with other agencies
• Knowledge and ability to comply with the NMC Code of Conduct
• Knowledge and an awareness of health issues related to Substance Misuse
• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to travel to other sites
• Committed approach to continuous professional development and the revalidation process
• Dignified and holistic approach to care

Please note this role is  37.5 hours as a 12-month ‘New Era’ pilot scheme. This will be reviewed in August 2026. 

Are you passionate about making a real difference?

The Forward Trust is looking for a Senior Grants Officer on a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave to help secure vital funding for life-changing services in prisons and communities across the UK.

This role is based remotely with monthly visits to our London Head Office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, engage, and approach new grant-giving organisations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing supporters.
• Develop compelling funding applications and progress reports with service-user insight.
• Collaborate with project leads on budgets and cases for support.
• Contribute to strategy and process improvements in trusts and foundations fundraising.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in trusts and foundations fundraising.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Passion for our mission and understanding of the criminal justice landscape.

This is your chance to be part of a passionate, fun, and target-driven team. You’ll work with over 30,000 individuals whose lives we’ve transformed and help shape an organisation generating £2.5 million per year from charitable sources.

At The Forward Trust, you’ll see the real difference your work makes every day, and grow professionally in a supportive, inspiring environment.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Are you ready to lead real change in one of the prison service’s most critical priority areas?

We are looking for a driven, experienced Drug Strategy Lead to shape and deliver a whole-prison approach to reducing drug misuse, supporting recovery, and improving rehabilitation outcomes.

This is a high-profile leadership role with real influence, working closely with the Governor, senior leaders, health partners and external agencies to turn national strategy into meaningful, on-the-ground impact.

What you’ll do

• Lead and deliver HMP Millsike’s Drug Strategy, aligned with HMPPS priorities and the Forward Trust’s rehabilitation mission
• Drive initiatives that reduce demand, build recovery, and minimise harm
• Act as the subject matter expert, advising senior leaders with evidence-based insight
• Oversee the ISFL, ensuring a safe, purposeful and recovery-focused environment
• Coordinate cross-prison activity with Security, Healthcare, Education, Psychology and Residential teams
• Use data and intelligence to target risk, measure impact and drive continuous improvement
• Build strong partnerships to support treatment, recovery and continuity of care pre- and post-release
• Champion a trauma-informed, person-centred, recovery-focused culture

Who we’re looking for

• Proven experience in strategic planning and operational delivery within criminal justice or substance misuse
• Strong knowledge of national drug strategy frameworks and how to apply them locally
• A confident leader and influencer, comfortable working across multi-agency environments
• Excellent communication skills, with experience briefing senior stakeholders
• Prison or secure-environment experience highly desirable

This is a unique chance to shape strategy where it truly matters, turning policy into practice, supporting recovery, and making a lasting impact on lives, rehabilitation and public safety within a new and ambitious establishment.

HMP Millsike is in a rural location; therefore, access to a car is preferred.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Do you want to make a real difference in people’s recovery journeys?

The Bridges is Forward’s residential substance misuse treatment centre, supporting adults (18+) of all genders to achieve and maintain abstinence from drugs and alcohol.

We deliver a structured 3–6 month programme grounded in 12-step principles, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and Seeking Safety, helping people build the skills, confidence and stability for long-term recovery.

We’re now looking for a Support Worker to join our dedicated residential team.

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a vital part in the day-to-day running of our 24/7 residential rehabilitation unit, offering practical, emotional and therapeutic support to residents.

You’ll work on a rota basis, covering day and evening shifts, with lone-working responsibilities at times (supported by an on-call system).

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting residents with their recovery, boundaries and behaviour expectations
• Supervising and administering prescribed medications
• Facilitating check-in/check-out sessions and structured interventions
• Carrying out drug, alcohol and breathalyser testing
• Maintaining a safe, secure and therapeutic environment
• Recording and sharing information accurately through handovers and systems
• Responding calmly and effectively to incidents and risks
• Accompanying residents to appointments and activities when required

What we’re looking for

• A strong understanding of recovery, risk management and therapeutic boundaries
• Confidence working independently and as part of a wider team
• Excellent communication and record-keeping skills
• A proactive, solution-focused approach

Join us and make a real impact. Every shift is a chance to inspire and support residents on their journey to reclaim their lives. Bring your compassion, dedication, and skills to make a lasting difference.

 Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Are you passionate about supporting people on their recovery journey and ready to take on a leadership challenge? We’re offering an exciting fixed-term maternity cover opportunity for a Team Leader within our Dependency and Recovery Services.

This is your chance to lead a skilled team of practitioners, drive high-quality service delivery, and strengthen the vital links between probation and community substance misuse services.

What You’ll Do

• Provide visible, hands-on leadership to a multi-disciplinary team delivering support to adult males under probation supervision.
• Travel across boroughs - working from probation delivery units in Ealing & Hillingdon, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster.
• Manage referrals, oversee performance targets, and ensure services meet both Forward Trust and Commissioner standards.
• Support your team with coaching, supervision, and development, ensuring they thrive and deliver the best outcomes.
• Handle a small number of complex cases, maintaining high-quality records and data accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with probation practitioners, prisons, community partners, and stakeholders to keep services running smoothly.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required, ensuring operational continuity across the service.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience working within substance misuse, criminal justice, or related support services.
• A proactive, flexible approach, comfortable working across multiple sites and teams.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and problem-solving abilities.
• A commitment to empowering others and making every contact matter.

You’ll be joining a dedicated, values-driven organisation that believes in second chances and lasting recovery. You’ll have the autonomy to make an impact, supported by a collaborative management team and opportunities for development and progression.

Please see attached Job Description for full details