Supporting People on Recovery Navigator - Sussex - Part Time - Sussex

Are you passionate about helping people rebuild their lives and believe that change is always possible? We’re looking for a Supporting People on Recovery Navigator to join our Sussex team working part-time, 28 hours per week. This is more than a job; it’s an opportunity to make a real difference every day. You’ll support people on probation to overcome barriers, rebuild relationships, improve wellbeing, and move forward into a better future.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Delivering 1:1 support and group interventions
• Helping service users access healthcare, housing, or community support
• Supporting people before release from prison
• Building action plans alongside Probation Practitioners
• Encouraging positive lifestyle change and healthier relationships
• Keeping accurate records and ensuring safeguarding at all times
• Travelling across Sussex locations including Brighton, Hastings, Worthing, Crawley, Littlehampton, HMP Ford and HMP Lewes

What We’re Looking For

• Passionate about helping others succeed
• Great at building rapport and trust
• Organised and confident managing caseloads
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
• Creative, flexible and solution-focused
• Motivated to achieve high standards and positive outcomes
• Committed to the belief that another life is possible

What You Need

• Experience or transferable skills in support planning, assessments, record keeping or delivering interventions
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Willingness to travel daily across Sussex
• Full UK driving licence desirable

We’re a leading charity changing lives across the UK. With a passionate national team and many colleagues with lived experience, we know recovery and rehabilitation are possible. If you want a meaningful role where every day counts, we’d love to hear from you.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.