Well-being Practitioner (Full Time)

Catch22; Poole; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22 is seeking a role focused on supporting service users to develop emotional regulation strategies and engage in interventions to build self‑confidence and access appropriate support. You will work with partners across Criminal Justice organisations and voluntary sectors to promote wellbeing and outcomes.

The successful candidate will travel to Dorset offices, hold a full UK driving license, and work in a role with safeguarding and DBS checks in place.

Qualifications

• Driving license and access to a vehicle; travel to Dorset offices and meetings.
• Good basic education including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel).
• Experience of working with people in the Criminal Justice System and/or disadvantaged people.
• Knowledge of local partners and statutory agencies; risk assessment and safeguarding.
• Understanding of emotional well-being support principles.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and deliver interventions to foster self-confidence and access appropriate support.
• Support service users to increase capacity to undertake activities to support daily living and engage multi-agency partners for treatment and other professionals/services.

Skills

Driving license

Maths English GCSE

Microsoft Office

Criminal Justice experience

Risk assessment

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

AtCatch22 , we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career.

InJustice , wework with adults and young people in the community and in custody, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work and youth justice.

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 areaand 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

When applying please be cautious over the answers you provide. If you select “NO” to the screening question regarding Right to Work in the UK, your application will automatically be closed.

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: Fulltime, 38 hours per week.

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.

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.

Use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) should not be used to exaggerate skills & experiences, create generic responses that are not unique to the individual, and for any assessments used by the Hiring Team to measure an individual's natural abilities.

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.

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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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