Well-Being Practitioner (Full Time)

Catch22; Merley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22 is seeking a role to support service users in developing emotional management strategies and delivering interventions to foster self-confidence. The post also aims to increase daily living capacity and encourage multi‑agency engagement for treatment and other professionals/services.

The role works closely with HMPPS, Voluntary Sector, and other Criminal Justice organisations to meet outputs and outcomes. Permanent contract, 38 hours per week, salary £26,097 per year.

Qualifications

• Driving license and access to a vehicle; travel to offices across the Dorset area and to meetings/training.
• Good Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Experience with Word and Excel in Microsoft Office.
• Experience with people in the Criminal Justice System or disadvantaged clients.
• Knowledge of local partners, statutory agencies and related services.
• Understanding of risk assessment and management.
• Understanding safeguarding of adults and children.
• Understanding of emotional well-being support principles.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and self‑confidence.
• Help service users increase capacity for daily living activities.
• Encourage engagement with multi‑agency partners for treatment and other professionals.
• Work in partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to deliver services and outputs.

Skills

Driving license

Microsoft Office

CJ system experience

Safeguarding knowledge

Risk assessment

Emotional well-being

GCSE Maths & English

Education

Maths & English GCSE or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

Your role will be to support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and deliver Interventions to foster self-confidence by knowing how to access appropriate support. You will also support service users to increase capacity to undertake activities to support daily living and encourage service users to engage multi-agency partners for treatment and other professionals/services (MH teams/support groups).

This role will involve working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver our services and achieve the required outputs and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Driving license and access to a Vehicle (this role will require travel to offices across the Dorset area and travel to other offices for Meetings and Training.
• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Experience of proficiently working with Microsoft Office suite including Word and Excel
• Experience of working with People in the Criminal Justice System and/or disadvantaged people.
• Knowledge of: local partners/statutory agencies/associated services;
• An understanding of the importance of risk assessment and management.
• An understanding of safeguarding adults and children
• Understanding of emotional well-being support principles

Additional Requirements

Successful post-holders will need to have a full UK Driving License and access to a personal vehicle for work purposes.

Contract: Permanent

Hours & work pattern: Full time, 38 hours per week.

Salary: £26,097

Career Family & Scale: Operations - Practitioner, National

Interview process: Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised. Where a deadline is advertised, Catch22 reserves the right to withdraw the post from advertisement without notice.

Closing Date: 17:00 on 18th of September 2026. Catch22 reserves the right to withdraw the vacancy at any time, for any reason before the stated closing date.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume ofinterest we receive, we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting check, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.

Shift patterns:

Shifts will typically take place between 09:00 and 17:00, however there is a minimum of 1 evening per week required until 19:30. On the day of the late shift you will start later to remain within contractual hours.

Catch22’s Commitment to Opportunity & Progression

At Catch22 we are proud of our commitment in supporting people develop in their careers and progress in our organisation. In 2024, within our Justice Hub, we have 68% of those in management roles that originally joined Catch22 in the frontline workforce and some worked across a number of roles and Leadership positions before joining management. This allows us to have a highly experienced management group and provides development opportunities for those in our much valued front-line.

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have "Banned the Box". This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.

Social Media Search

Please note, we may conduct an online search as part of our due diligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.

Vetting Requirements This role is subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include HMPPS EL1 vetting, DBS or other role-specific security clearances.

Any offer of employment will conditional upon the successful outcome of these checks. Where clearance is not granted, or is subsequently withdrawn, Catch22 reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment.

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Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.