Desistance Recovery and Wellbeing Team Leader in Full Sutton)

Ad Warrior Ltd; Full Sutton; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social enterprise is seeking a Desistance, Recovery, and Wellbeing Team Leader to lead transformative initiatives at HMP Millsike. The role involves managing a team delivering crucial rehabilitation services and collaborating with partners to ensure compliance and promote wellbeing. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills, a passion for recovery, and excellent communication abilities. This is a permanent position offering an annual salary of £30,000.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Simply Health Cashback Scheme

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Crisis Loan Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Wellbeing Days

Access to Blue Light Card

Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

Death in Service Payment

Critical Illness Insurance

Qualifications

• Passionate about rehabilitation and person-centred support.
• Skilled in team management and partnership working.
• Confident in promoting recovery, wellbeing, and desistance cultures.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-quality desistance, recovery, and wellbeing services.
• Oversee operations and compliance with MoJ standards.
• Promote wellbeing through workshops and initiatives.
• Support desistance and recovery programmes.
• Collaborate with prison leadership on Drug Strategy.
• Manage the Departure Lounge for prisoners' wellbeing.

Skills

Motivational leadership

Team management

Partnership working

Communication

Quality-driven

Job description

Desistance, Recovery, and Wellbeing Team Leader - HMP Millsike

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 14 Dec 2025

About The Role

Are you ready to lead transformational change in a brand-new, innovative custodial service?

The Forward Trust Connections Services at HMP Millsike are redefining rehabilitation, recovery, and desistance in custody. Drawing on over 30 years of experience empowering people to change their lives, we’re building a culture of hope, wellbeing, and community.

We’re now looking for a Desistance, Recovery, and Wellbeing Team Leader to play a key role in this mission.

You’ll lead a team of passionate practitioners delivering high-quality desistance, recovery, and wellbeing services across HMP Millsike. You’ll also support in the matrix management of Mitie Care and Custody staff working within our More Than My Past community and Incentivised Substance Free Living Unit (ISFL).

Your work will help bring our vision to life, creating a safer, more supportive environment that inspires change and growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Line‑manage staff delivering programmes such as More Than My Past, Step Back to Step Forward, and Thrive (Resettlement).
• Oversee operations in the ISFL and ensure compliance with MoJ standards.
• Promote wellbeing through workshops, ambassador engagement, and annual wellbeing initiatives.
• Support delivery of desistance and recovery programmes across the establishment.
• Collaborate with prison leadership and partners to implement the establishment’s Drug Strategy.
• Manage the Departure Lounge, ensuring prisoners’ emotional wellbeing and smooth transition at the point of release.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• A motivational leader, passionate about rehabilitation and person‑centred support.
• Skilled in team management and partnership working across complex environments.
• Confident in promoting recovery, wellbeing, and desistance cultures.
• Organised, proactive, and quality‑driven, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• An excellent communicator who values collaboration, fairness, and professional integrity.

At Forward Trust, we believe everyone deserves the chance to change. You’ll join a supportive organisation where your leadership will shape lives and drive cultural transformation within HMP Millsike.

Please be aware that the location of this role is hard to access through public transport.

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

• 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)

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/435/desistance-recovery-and-well-being-team-leader-hmp-millsike.html