Wellbeing Practitioner

Company Description

Catch
22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3

Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

In Social Justice, we work with young people and adults in custody and in the community, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement, mentoring, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work and youth justice. We believe that with effective support mechanisms and the correct interventions, we can change service user's ideology, helping them desist from crime and reach their true potential.

This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a Wellbeing Practitioner at our Personal Wellbeing service covering the Avon & Somerset area. Commissioned by HMPPS this service is focused on supporting adult male ex-­offenders by delivering focussed interventions across the following pathways:

• Family and Significant Others
• Lifestyle and Associates
• Emotional Wellbeing Services
• Social Inclusion

Your role will be to support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and deliver skills training to foster self‑confidence by knowing how to access appropriate support. You will also support service users to increase capacity to undertake activities to support daily living and advocate for service users in conjunction with multi‑agency partners to engage with treatment and other professionals/services (MH teams/support groups).

Your role will support our team in achieving our Justice Business Plan objectives: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services.

This role will involve working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, voluntary sector and other criminal justice organisations to promote and deliver our services and achieve the required outputs and outcomes.

Essential

• Driving License and access to a vehicle.
• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Good IT skills and experience working with Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and other IT applications.

Desirable

Any qualification relevant to rehabilitation of offenders, for example criminology, criminal justice, social care, mental health, IAG, family services, emotional wellbeing, social inclusion.

Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review the

Job Description & Person Specification to find out more. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please see our contact information on the Candidate Help Page. Please use reference REF
3847D in your message so that we can identify the opportunity.

When applying please be cautious over the answers you provide. If you select “NO” to the screening question regarding Right to Work in the UK, your application will automatically be closed.

Additional Requirements: Successful post‑holders will need to have a full UK Driving License and access to a personal vehicle for work purposes.

Contract: Permanent

Hours & work pattern: Full time, 38 hours per week.

Salary: £26,097

Location:

Closing Date: 1630 on 25th of February 2026. Catch
22 reserves the right to withdraw the vacancy at any time, for any reason before the stated closing date.

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting check, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch
22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see the register to see those that do.

Proactive Recruitment Strategy: We are proactively recruiting to build a pool of pre‑cleared candidates for future vacancies, for some of our opportunities. While we may not be able to offer an immediate role, successful applicants will undergo all…