Part Time Prison Link Worker (Predominately in HMP Brixton and HMP Wandsworth)

Location: London

Salary: £25,154 pro rata

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time

Closing Date: 24^th November 2025

Working as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team, you’ll provide through-the-gate support to men in custody and post-release, ensuring continuity of care and engagement with substance misuse, probation, and community services.

This is a part-time role (14 hours/week), with some flexibility for community or training needs.

You’ll:

• Work primarily from HMP Wandsworth and HMP Brixton, engaging with clients pre- and post-release.
• Build strong relationships with prison substance misuse teams and other key partners.
• Provide enhanced support for those at risk of non-engagement, including meet & greet on release, daily contact, and accompanying clients to key appointments.
• Manage risks around treatment drop-out, harm minimisation, and overdose during transition periods.
• Support clients to integrate successfully into the community and sustain engagement with local services.

About You

You’ll be confident, resilient, and able to work autonomously in prison environments while representing the Dependency & Recovery Service. You’ll carry a varied caseload and be comfortable balancing in-person and virtual work.

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Communicate effectively with prison and probation partners.
• Complete thorough assessments and collaborative action plans.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records on electronic case systems.
• Understand barriers to continuity of care and find creative ways to overcome them.
• Work flexibly across London when needed.

You’ll play a vital role in helping people move forward with their recovery journey, reducing reoffending and promoting healthier, safer communities. We don’t duplicate existing provision; instead, we connect clients with the right services and help them stay engaged for lasting change.

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
• 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'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)

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.

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.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding, 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.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

https://careers.forwardtrust.org.uk/vacancies/440/part-time-prison-link-worker-predominately-in-hmp-brixton-and-hmp-wandsworth.html

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