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  • All DepartmentsAll Departments:
    Prison Drug and Alcohol Services
  • Vacancy TypeVacancy Type:
    Permanent
  • Advertising SalarySalary Details:
    £26,993
  • Directorate:
    Prisons
  • About The Role

  • We’re looking for a motivated, people-focused Health & Wellbeing Champion Coordinator to join our integrated drug and alcohol support service within the prison environment.

    Our service delivers psychosocial interventions and structured treatment programmes to individuals entering custody with alcohol or drug needs. Working closely with our healthcare partners, you’ll play a vital role in connecting service users with the support that can make a lasting difference.

    In this role, you’ll take the lead on developing a strong peer-support model by training service users to become Health and Wellbeing Champions. You’ll equip them with the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver peer-led interventions across all wings of the prison, helping to enhance wellbeing across the whole establishment.

    What you’ll do:

    • Recruit, train and supervise Health and Wellbeing Champions (HAWCs).
    • Provide day-to-day guidance, support and motivation to both HAWCs and staff.
    • Support the delivery of psychosocial drug and alcohol interventions.
    • Build strong working relationships with partner agencies and key stakeholders.
    • Contribute to Forward Trust and commissioner-set targets, including measuring and evidencing outcomes.
    • Work closely with the wider service and management team to ensure high-quality, integrated care.

    What we’re looking for:

    • A confident communicator with strong motivational and interpersonal skills.
    • Experience in support, wellbeing, health or prison-based services (desirable).
    • Someone organised, proactive and passionate about empowering others.
    • A team-player who thrives on collaborative working.

    If you’re passionate about improving wellbeing, building strong peer-support networks, and empowering individuals in custody, we’d love to hear from you.

    Please see attached Job Description for full details.

  • About Us

  • We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

    We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - 
    • Flexible working
    • Training and development opportunities
      • Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
      • Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
      • Cycle to work scheme
      • Crisis Loan Scheme
      • Electric Car Scheme
      • 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
      • Access to Blue Light Card
      • 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
      • Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
      • Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
      • Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
      Diversity at Forward Trust
      The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.

      When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

      To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  


      Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
      We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

      If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

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