Health and Wellbeing Champion Coordinator HMP Onley in Rugby

Location: Rugby

Salary: £26,993

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Advertising End Date: 16 March 2026

About The Role

Ready to make real change where it matters most? Based at HMP Onley, this full-time (35 hours) role sits at the heart of our integrated drug and alcohol recovery service. Working alongside our healthcare partner Practice Plus Group, we deliver psychosocial interventions to individuals entering custody with substance use needs, and this role is vital in strengthening the link between the service and the people who use it.

As our Health & Wellbeing Coordinator, you’ll empower service users to become Health & Wellbeing Champions (HAWCs), trained peer leaders delivering wellbeing support across every wing of the prison. This is about influence, trust and impact across the whole establishment.

Please note: HMP Onley is a rural location with limited public transport options, so reliable travel arrangements are essential.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You won’t just coordinate, you’ll lead, coach and embed change.
• Train and develop service users to become confident HAWCs.
• Provide supervision, guidance and ongoing support.
• Champion peer-led wellbeing interventions across all prison wings.
• Coordinate health, wellbeing and pre-release programmes.
• Work closely with healthcare, prison staff and management teams.
• Manage rotas and contribute to service targets and performance standards.
• Measure impact and outcomes (including NDTMS reporting).
• Ensure programmes are audit-ready, CQC compliant and contractually aligned.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in substance misuse, health & wellbeing, or custodial settings.
• Confidence delivering training and supervision.
• Strong relationship-builder with a collaborative mindset.
• Comfortable managing data, audits and performance targets.
• Calm, solution-focused and proactive in managing risk.

At The Forward Trust, we believe in second chances and lasting recovery. You’ll be part of a values-driven organisation committed to transforming lives, not just managing services.

If you’re motivated by purpose, driven by outcomes, and passionate about empowering others, we’d love to hear from you.

All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.

Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.

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 as 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).

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

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.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

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 Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.