Recovery Support Worker - HMP Onley

35 Hours

Are you ready to make a real difference in people’s lives?

Forward Trust is looking for a Recovery Support Worker to join our team at HMP Onley, supporting adults with drug and alcohol challenges, including those entering or leaving the prison system.

In this role, you’ll work within an integrated healthcare framework, delivering client-centred treatment that combines harm reduction and abstinence-based approaches. You’ll help individuals navigate their recovery journeys, preparing them for a safer, healthier future.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing a caseload of clients, providing assessments, care planning, and structured 1:1 and group sessions.
• Delivering tailored interventions and treatment programmes to meet individual client needs.
• Supporting through-care and reintegration plans, liaising with housing, employment, probation, healthcare, and other key services.
• Contributing to team objectives and targets, including outcome measurement and KPI achievement.
• Carrying out drug testing, second signatory duties, and other clinical support tasks as required.
• Ensuring high standards of quality, safety, and compliance with policies and regulations.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience supporting adults with drug or alcohol problems, ideally in a clinical, community, or criminal justice setting.
• Strong interpersonal and multi-agency working skills.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload while prioritising and delivering timely interventions.
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings, weekends, and across different service locations.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and high-quality service delivery.

Please note: HMP Onley is a rural location with limited public transport options, so reliable travel arrangements are essential.

Take the next step in your career as a Recovery Support Worker at HMP Onley and help people reclaim their lives.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.

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

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
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• 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  .

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

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

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