Overview
Family Connections Worker (Probation Services) – Kent
Location: Kent
Salary: A GBP 24,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time
Closing Date: 23 December 2025
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 and 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.
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 (with notice), and handle sensitive information with professionalism and integrity.
Responsibilities
* Deliver tailored 1:1 and group interventions under the Family and 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
Qualifications and Experience
* Client-centred approach, strong organisational skills, and confidence in facilitating groups
* Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends
* Willingness to travel within the cluster (with notice)
* Professional handling of sensitive information
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the cycle of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have helped people build positive and productive lives across employment, family, and community.
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 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 up to 6% in the first two years and up to 9% thereafter
* Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
* Critical Illness Insurance
Diversity and Inclusion
The Forward Trust is committed to providing opportunities to everyone. We welcome applications from people with diverse lived and professional experiences, including those with lived experience of addiction, offending, or homelessness. We aim to recruit inclusively across age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, and socio-economic background. Flexible working requests and reasonable adjustments will be considered where possible.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
We recognise the importance of safeguarding. Depending on the role, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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