Wellbeing Practitioner

South West Community Chaplaincy; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22 seeks a Wellbeing Practitioner to support adult male ex-offenders across Wiltshire. You will deliver interventions across pathways: Family, Lifestyle, Emotional Wellbeing, and Social Inclusion.

The role requires travel to offices and occasional training attendance, with a hybrid working model and an 38-hour week. Main duties include delivering emotion-management strategies and skills training, advocating with multi-agency partners, and contributing to the Justice Business Plan

Qualifications

• GCSEs in Maths and English or equivalent required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel) and confidence with IT.
• Experience working with people in the Criminal Justice System and/or disadvantaged people.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions.
• Deliver skills training to foster self-confidence and access to support.
• Assist service users to increase capacity for daily living activities.
• Advocate for service users with multi-agency partners.
• Travel to Wiltshire offices and attend meetings/trainings.

Skills

Driving license

MS Office

CJ experience

Risk assessment

Education

Maths and English GCSE

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Wellbeing Practitioner

Location:Hybrid working, employees work across Office or in probation offices across Wiltshire. The office is in Swindon, England

Salary: £26,097 per annum

Vacancy Type:Permanent, Full Time (38 hours per week)

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.

InSocial Justice, we work with young people and adults in custody and in the community, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement,mentoring, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work and youth justice.We believe that with effective support mechanisms and the correct interventions, we can change service user’s ideology, helping them desist from crime and reach their true potential.

Job Description

This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a Wellbeing Practitioner at our Personal Wellbeing service covering the Wiltshire area. Commissioned by HMPPS this service is focused on supporting adult male ex-offenders by delivering focussed interventions across the following pathways:

• Family and Significant Others
• Lifestyle and Associates
• Emotional Wellbeing Services
• Social Inclusion

Your role will be to support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and deliver skills training 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 advocate for service users in conjunction with multi-agency partners to engage with treatment and other professionals/services (MH teams/support groups) Your role will support our team in achieving our Justice Business Plan objectives: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services.

Essential

• Driving license and access to a Vehicle (this role will require travel to offices across the Wiltshireareaand 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

Desirable

Any qualification relevant to rehabilitation of offenders, for example criminology/ criminal justice/ social care/ mental health/ IAG/ Family Services/ Emotional Wellbeing/ Social Inclusion

Additional Information

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 11th 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.

Shift patterns:

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

Benefits

• 28days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service.
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
• Discounted shopping opportunities

Additional Requirements:

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