Reconnect Peer Support Worker: Reintegration Advocate

Forward Trust; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training & development

Health cashback scheme

Season ticket loan

Cycle to work

Wellbeing days

Blue Light Card

25 days annual leave (rising to 30)

Pension scheme

Death in Service

Critical Illness Insurance

Job summary

Forward Trust in Hertfordshire is recruiting a RECONNECT Peer Support Worker. Your lived experience will help people leaving prison reconnect with health and wellbeing support within custody at HMP The Mount and the wider community.

You will deliver a person-centred service, complete assessments, co-create care plans, and support service users for up to six months post-release. The role requires empathy, reliability and ability to work across custody and community settings.

Qualifications

• Lived experience aligned with EDI values.
• Strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence working across custody and community settings.
• Compassionate, collaborative and reliable approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a person-centred RECONNECT service in custody and the community.
• Complete assessments and co-produce tailored care plans.
• Support service users for up to 6 months post-release.
• Manage a varied caseload and coordinate with community services.
• Lead and support the prison Peer Support Programme.
• Recruit, train and support prison peer supporters.
• Build strong partnerships with prisons, healthcare and external agencies.
• Maintain accurate case notes, assessments and risk documentation.
• Support Meet & Greet and “Meet at the Gate” releases.

Skills

Lived experience

Communication skills

Organisation

Relationship-building

Custody & community work

Job description

Forward Trust in Hertfordshire is recruiting a RECONNECT Peer Support Worker. Your lived experience will help people leaving prison reconnect with health and wellbeing support within custody at HMP The Mount and the wider community.

You will deliver a person-centred service, complete assessments, co-create care plans, and support service users for up to six months post-release. The role requires empathy, reliability and ability to work across custody and community settings.