Wellbeing Practitioner

Catch22; Swindon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme with matching up to 4%

Job summary

Catch22 is seeking a Wellbeing Practitioner to support adult male ex-offenders, delivering emotional wellbeing interventions across Wiltshire. You will work with multi‑agency partners to promote recovery, skills, and daily living activities while meeting contract outputs.

The role requires driving, safeguarding awareness and experience with the Criminal Justice System. Employment offers 28 days leave and a pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Driving license and access to a vehicle; travel to offices across Wiltshire and to meetings/trainings.
• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Experience 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.
• Understanding of risk assessment and risk management.
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children.
• Understanding of emotional wellbeing support principles.
• Rehabilitation qualifications related to offenders are relevant.

Responsibilities

• Support service users to develop strategies to manage emotions and deliver skills training to build self‑confidence.
• Help service users increase capacity for daily living and advocate for them with multi‑agency partners to engage with treatment and other professionals.
• Work with delivery partners, HMPPS and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver services and meet required outputs.

Skills

Driving license

CJ/system experience

Risk assessment

Safeguarding

Emotional wellbeing

Interagency collaboration

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Catch22 , 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.

In Social 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

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

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.

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

QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE

• 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

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

Contract: Full Time - Permanent

Salary: £26,097 per annum

Career Family & Scale: Operations – Practitioner

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

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.

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 of interest 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.

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.

If you’re successful you will be required to consent to relevant checks by the Disclosure Barring Service and Ministry of Justice.

Ex-offenders must be able to demonstrate a minimum period of 12 months constructive crime-free lifestyle prior to being considered for this role.

Catch22 Justice requests no contact from agencies or media sales

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