Recovery Navigator
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,207 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Forward Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 39 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Recovery Navigator in Southwark, Croydon & Lambeth.
We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime and addiction to move forward and live fulfilling lives .
These services work with Men 18+ who are under probation supervision, supporting them to navigate through their desired outcomes in order to achieve transformational change, break the cycle of offending and achieve long-term integration into society.
Roles Responsibilities
As a Recovery Navigator in the Dependency and Recovery Services, you will be working within a hybrid model as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team, working in person and travelling across the probation delivery units which covers the region of: Southwark, Croydon, Lambeth. You will be based in Borough, Croydon, Brixton probation offices. Some work may be delivered virtually, however this is an in-person service.
You will carry a diverse caseload of adult male prison leavers and those on community orders within the National Probation Service, supporting to implement their action plan and navigate their recovery journey. You will be responsible for completing comprehensive assessments, creating a collaborative action plan and delivering one to one, group work/virtual sessions, whilst maintaining accurate record keeping throughout.
Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
Co-residents
Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
Credit reference checks
Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
The Ideal Candidate
Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.
Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice sector.
Excellent experience of substance misuse field and/or experience of working in a related field or similar field
Demonstrable experience of managing high caseloads, carrying out risk/ comprehensive assessments, SMART action plans and effective case records
Experience of delivering both 1:1 and group-work interventions using motivational techniques and trauma informed approaches
Experience of working with treatment and/or healthcare services
The ability to set and stick to professional boundaries
Ability to work effectively with key partners in order to successfully deliver outcomes
Demonstrate the ability to organise workload, ensuring effective time management and prioritisation to meet targets
Understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of equal opportunity and GDPR requirements including client confidentiality
Experience of strong communication skills with people from a range of backgrounds in a sensitive, supportive and professional manner
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
Flexible working
Training and development opportunities
Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Crisis Loan Scheme
Electric Car Scheme
3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
Access to Blue Light Card
25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.
When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.
To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.
We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime and addiction to move forward and live fulfilling lives .
These services work with Men 18+ who are under probation supervision, supporting them to navigate through their desired outcomes in order to achieve transformational change, break the cycle of offending and achieve long-term integration into society.
Roles Responsibilities
As a Recovery Navigator in the Dependency and Recovery Services, you will be working within a hybrid model as part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team, working in person and travelling across the probation delivery units which covers the region of: Southwark, Croydon, Lambeth. You will be based in Borough, Croydon, Brixton probation offices. Some work may be delivered virtually, however this is an in-person service.
You will carry a diverse caseload of adult male prison leavers and those on community orders within the National Probation Service, supporting to implement their action plan and navigate their recovery journey. You will be responsible for completing comprehensive assessments, creating a collaborative action plan and delivering one to one, group work/virtual sessions, whilst maintaining accurate record keeping throughout.
Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
Co-residents
Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
Credit reference checks
Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
The Ideal Candidate
Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.
Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice sector.
Excellent experience of substance misuse field and/or experience of working in a related field or similar field
Demonstrable experience of managing high caseloads, carrying out risk/ comprehensive assessments, SMART action plans and effective case records
Experience of delivering both 1:1 and group-work interventions using motivational techniques and trauma informed approaches
Experience of working with treatment and/or healthcare services
The ability to set and stick to professional boundaries
Ability to work effectively with key partners in order to successfully deliver outcomes
Demonstrate the ability to organise workload, ensuring effective time management and prioritisation to meet targets
Understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of equal opportunity and GDPR requirements including client confidentiality
Experience of strong communication skills with people from a range of backgrounds in a sensitive, supportive and professional manner
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
Flexible working
Training and development opportunities
Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Crisis Loan Scheme
Electric Car Scheme
3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
Access to Blue Light Card
25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
Diversity at Forward Trust
The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.
When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.
To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.
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