Wellbeing Practitioner

Overview

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. Our work builds a better society - one where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live. In Justice, we work with young people and adults in custody and in the community, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work and youth justice.

This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a Wellbeing Practitioner at our Personal Wellbeing service covering the Devon and Cornwall area, which will be based in HMP Channings Wood and HMP Exeter. Commissioned by HMPPS these services are focused on supporting adult male ex-offenders across the following pathways:
Family and Significant Others;
Lifestyle and Associates;
Emotional Wellbeing Services;
Social Inclusion.

Your role will be to support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and design and deliver skills training to foster self-confidence by knowing how to access appropriate support. You will also support service users to increase capacity to undertake activities to support daily living and advocate for service users in conjunction with multi-agency partners to engage with treatment and other professionals/services (MH teams/support groups).

Your role will support our team in achieving our Justice Business Plan objectives: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services. This role will involve working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver our services and achieve the required outputs and outcomes.

Essential

• Driving License and Access to a vehicle.
• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office - Word and Excel

Desirable

• Any qualification relevant to rehabilitation of offenders, for example criminology/ criminal justice/ social care/ mental health/ IAG/ Family Services/ Emotional Wellbeing/ Social Inclusion

Important information about this opportunity:
Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review the Job Description & Person Specification to find out more. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact

Additional Requirements:

Successful post-holders will need to have a full UK Driving License and access to a personal vehicle for work purposes.

Contract:

Part time, 19 hours per week

Salary: £26,097; 13,048.50 Pro rata

Location:

Based in Devon and Cornwall

Screening:
Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK.

When applying please be cautious over the answers you provide. If you select “NO” to the screening question regarding Right to Work in the UK, your application will automatically be closed.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised. Where a deadline is advertised, Catch
22 reserves the right to withdraw the post from advertisement without notice.

Closing Date: 1630 on 11th of February 2026. Catch
22 reserves the right to withdraw the vacancy at any time, for any reason before the stated closing date.

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.

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