Join to apply for the Family Support Practitioner role at The Forward Trust
12 hours ago Be among the first 25 applicants
Join to apply for the Family Support Practitioner role at The Forward Trust
Location: Warwickshire
Salary: £24,000 per annum plus benefits
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: 14 Aug 2025
We are recruiting for a Family Support Practitioner at HMP Onley.
At the Forward Trust we define family as a group of 2 or more individuals whose relationship plays a significant role in their lives. We recognise the value and complexity of family and understand the potential positive and negative impact of relationships.
We believe how a family is defined is up to the individuals within that system and that we all hold our own unique version of what family looks like.
Our family work aims to strengthen relationships and interpersonal connections, so every person feels safe, supported and valued by the people they surround themselves with.
Role Responsibilities
Part of the Family Support and Specialist Programmes department, the Family Support Practitioner role will work in both their allocated prison and remotely from home on occasion, providing specialist support to clients and family members through the delivery of effective 1:1 and group interventions. The role is also required to work closely with other Forward staff and external partners to ensure a holistic package of care and support is provided.
Recognising the importance of relationships in the lives of the people we support is crucial to providing the best possible treatment and services. This role will focus specifically on supporting clients to recognise healthy and unhealthy relationships, build new relationships and understand the role relationships play in their addiction, offending, mental health and other areas of need.
The Family Support Practitioner will also directly support family members and affected others, helping them to improve their health and wellbeing and help them to support clients to make positive changes. This role may be expected to work directly with children and young people, to promote whole family recovery and rehabilitation.
You will receive ongoing support and training including Organisational, specialist departmental training prison training and eLearning to support you with this role. This is a Hybrid role working from home and in the prison.
Please note the role is based in the Prison but there is some home working involved.
All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take over 3 months. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.
Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
* Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history).
* Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children).
* Co-residents.
* Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
* Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates.
* Credit reference checks.
* Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service).
* Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for individuals who are flexible and organised and who have experience working in a prison and delivering family work.
Please also see skills and experience needed below for this role;
* Experience of providing family related support to clients with a history of addiction, offending and mental health problems.
* Experience of providing support directly to family members/affected others.
* Experience of working with complex families and facilitating family meetings.
* Experience of delivering group interventions/facilitating group work with clients.
* A flexible and adaptable approach to meet the needs of the service as it develops.
* A positive problem-solving approach with the ability to focus on key issues quickly and clearly.
* Excellent communication skills.
* The ability to engage effectively with the client group.
* Understanding of the voluntary sector.
* Understanding of and sensitivity to diversity, equality and inclusion.
* A good understanding of adult and child/YP safeguarding responsibilities.
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.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Health Care Provider
* Industries
Non-profit Organization Management
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at The Forward Trust by 2x
Sign in to set job alerts for “Family Physician” roles.
Watford, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Coventry, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Higher Clinical Fellow IM3/ST3+ in Acute Medicine
Leicester, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago
Daventry, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Fellowship in Integrated Kidney Care (LUCID)
Warwick, England, United Kingdom 55 minutes ago
Watford, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Coventry, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Clinical Practitioner - Clinical Assessment Service
Leicester Forest East, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago
Warwick, England, United Kingdom 55 minutes ago
Advanced Practitioner Bank - Oadby Urgent Treatment Centre
Wigston, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago
Northampton, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago
Wigston, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago
Coventry, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago
Current Doctor opportunities for Doctors in the UK including Internationally qualified Doctors
Consultant ENT - Specialist Interest in Head & Neck Surgery
Watford, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago
Remote Menopause Specialist Doctor - Self Employed
Advanced Practitioner - Royal Derby Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre
Atherstone, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago
Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago
Speciality Doctor-Gynae Oncology, Women's & Children
Watford, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Northampton, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
Northampton, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago
Specialist Registered Consultant Vacancies
Clinical Practitioner - Clinical Assessment Service
Watford, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
#J-18808-Ljbffr