Prison Link Worker – HMP Pentonville and HMP Wormwood Scrubs – London
Permanent27,000
Are you passionate about supporting people to make positive, lasting changes in their lives?
We’re looking for a dedicated Prison Link Worker to join our Dependency and Recovery Service, helping men transition successfully from custody into the community. This is a rewarding frontline role where you’ll make a real difference by improving engagement with treatment, reducing reoffending, and supporting recovery journeys.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting individuals before release, through the gate, and into the community
- Building strong relationships with prison substance misuse teams and partner agencies
- Providing enhanced support to individuals at risk of disengaging from services
- Accompanying clients to key appointments including probation and substance misuse services
- Identifying and managing risks around release, including treatment drop-out and overdose prevention
- Completing assessments, action plans, and maintaining accurate case records
- Motivating and empowering people to engage with statutory and voluntary support services
About You
You’ll be confident working independently within prison settings while managing a diverse caseload of adult male prison leavers and individuals on community orders. You’ll have excellent relationship-building skills, a person-centred approach, and a passion for supporting recovery and rehabilitation.
This is an opportunity to play a vital role in improving continuity of care between prison and community services, helping people build safer, healthier futures while contributing to reduced reoffending and stronger communities.
If you’re resilient, proactive, and committed to changing lives, we’d love to hear from you.
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
- BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata’d for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with Lived Experience of addiction, offending, or homelessness.Please note that some of our roles may require a minimum period of sustained recovery (normally around 3 years). This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and exceptions may be considered depending on the role and individual circumstances. When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.
To find out more about Forwards commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy clickhere.
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the Eligibility to Work in the UK requirements.
Our Commitment to Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.
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