Connections Coach : HMP Millsike in Bridlington

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire

Salary : A GBP 26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 25th of September 2026

Were looking for a passionate Connections Coach to join Forward Trust (Full Time, 35 Hours) at HMP Millsike, a rural prison location where access is limited and a full driving licence with use of a car is essential. Youll deliver a relationship:led service that helps people rebuild connections, strengthen wellbeing, and move towards lasting desistance.

This role sits at the heart of our Connections Service, covering Visits, Family and Relationship support, and Desistance and Wellbeing interventions. Youll play a key part in building a strong recovery ecosystem across the prison, working in partnership with health, substance misuse, and prison colleagues to deliver truly integrated support.

What youll be doing

• Delivering the core Connections offer: visits, family work, and desistance and wellbeing support
• Managing a varied caseload of Prisoner Service Users (PSUs) through 1:1 coaching and group work
• Supporting delivery of the Incentivised Substance Free Living (ISFL) model and recovery wing approach
• Contributing to a whole:prison recovery culture, including designated recovery/ISFL areas
• Chairing community meetings and contributing to multidisciplinary reviews where required
• Developing tailored recovery and desistance plans that build motivation and sustain change

The approach youll support

Youll help deliver the Supporting and Sustaining Recovery (SSR) model, supporting people through:

• Stabilisation and preparation
• Structured recovery development
• Long:term sustainment through ISFL, peer support, employment pathways, and wellbeing interventions

Youll Also Work With Innovative Recovery Resources Including

• Forward Connect : a national recovery community of 1,000+ members
• Group programmes, resilience workshops, and 1:1 interventions
• Lived experience materials, campaigns, and recovery:focused content

What were looking for

• Experience working with vulnerable people in a coaching, support, or key working role
• Strong relationship:building, motivational, and communication skills
• Confidence managing caseloads, assessments, and structured plans
• Ability to work collaboratively across health, substance misuse, and prison teams
• Commitment to recovery, desistance, and person:centred support
• Flexibility to work in a rural, secure setting (driving essential)

This is a chance to help shape a whole:prison recovery culture, where people are supported not just to change, but to sustain that change long after release.

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.

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.

Benefits

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
• BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro ratad for par