Wellbeing Practitioner- Prison Lead

At Catch
22 , we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career.

InSocial 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.

Join our dynamic Personal Wellbeing services, commissioned by HMPPS, and help support adult male ex-offenders across four key pathways:

• Family and Significant Others
• Lifestyle and Associates
• Social Inclusion

As a Wellbeing Practitioner – Prison Lead, you will manage a caseload of service users, conducting assessments and delivering one-to-one and group interventions. You’ll work in close collaboration with HMPPS, voluntary organizations, and other justice partners to help individuals rehabilitate, reduce risks, and build better futures.

You will be based at one of our hubs with regular travel across your designated cluster. Available hubs:
Tottenham, Croydon, Romford, Canning Town, Kings Cross, Brixton, Ealing, and Lewisham. (Please indicate your preferred base in your application.)

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Adaptable and professional: Comfortable working in challenging environments with a calm, confident approach.
• A strong communicator: Able to build effective working relationships and motivate service users.
• Risk-aware: Skilled at recognizing and managing risks to ensure safety for all.
• Organised and detail-oriented: Capable of managing a caseload, maintaining accurate records, and meeting deadlines.
• Impact-driven: Passionate about supporting individuals to make positive life changes.
• Basic education, including GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Relevant qualifications in criminology, social care, mental health, or similar fields.

Important information about this opportunity

Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review Job Information Pack to find out more. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact

Contract: Full time, permanent

Location: Community-based across Ealing and potential for other areas.

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS Enhanced Level 1 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 this register to see those that do.

To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note, in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role, submitted applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role, to be considered for this position.

Catch
22 is proud to have “Banned the Box ”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see the opportunity Information Pack for more information.

Social Media Search

Please note, we may conduct an online search as part of our due diligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.

Vetting Requirements
This role is subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include HMPPS vetting, NPPV, or other role-specific security clearances.

Any offer of employment will conditional upon the successful outcome of these checks. Where clearance is not granted, or is subsequently withdrawn,
Catch
22 reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment
.

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22 Justice requests no contact from agencies or media sales

Catch
22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.