Criminal Justice Worker - Thurrock

Criminal Justice Worker – Thurrock

Permanent£24,000 – £27,000

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual to join our integrated healthcare team, supporting adults involved in the criminal justice system who require help with drug and/or alcohol use.

You\’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred psychosocial interventions to individuals aged 18 and over, working flexibly across the community.

As a Recovery Worker, you’ll take a tailored approach to treatment, using both harm reduction and abstinence-based models depending on each individual’s needs. You’ll provide specialist advice to magistrates and probation services, supporting the delivery of Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) and Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATRs).

Working closely with our Criminal Justice Team, you’ll manage referrals, conduct assessments, and provide harm reduction advice as part of a holistic package of care. Information sharing, detailed documentation, and strong collaboration will be central to your success.

You\’ll also build strong, cooperative relationships with partner agencies, helping us to meet performance targets, measure outcomes, and deliver continuity of care.

Flexibility is key in this role, and some evening or weekend work may occasionally be required (with reasonable notice), along with occasional travel to local prisons and partner organisations.

If you\’re passionate about supporting people to make lasting change and can bring empathy, resilience, and a commitment to quality service delivery we cannot wait to hear from you.

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.

To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here .

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.