Supporting People on Probation - Maternity Cover

Supporting People on Probation – Maternity Cover

Location: Eastbourne, Sussex

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Fixed Term Contract, Maternity Cover

Help people build a better future. Build a rewarding career while you do it.

We're looking for compassionate, motivated people to join our Supporting People on Probation Team across Sussex. This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) based across Brighton, Hastings, Worthing, Crawley and Littlehampton Probation Offices, with occasional work alongside prison resettlement teams at HMP Ford and HMP Lewes. If you're passionate about helping people make lasting changes, we'd love to hear from you.

Whether you've worked in probation, prisons, policing, education, health, social care, counselling, psychology, social prescribing—or simply have transferable life experience and a genuine desire to help others succeed—this could be the role for you.

What you'll do

No two days are the same. You could be:

• Supporting people on probation to overcome barriers and make positive life changes.
• Delivering one-to-one interventions and facilitating engaging group sessions.
• Helping people rebuild family relationships and develop healthier social networks.
• Working alongside Probation Practitioners to create and deliver action plans.
• Connecting people with healthcare, community services and practical support.
• Meeting individuals before release from prison to support successful resettlement.
• Keeping accurate records and ensuring every interaction makes a difference.

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who:

• Builds strong relationships and communicates with empathy.
• Believes everyone deserves the opportunity to change.
• Is organised, resilient and able to manage a varied workload.
• Enjoys working collaboratively with partner agencies.
• Has excellent record-keeping and communication skills.
• Holds a full UK driving licence (desirable), as travel across Sussex is required.

Why Forward Trust?

At Forward Trust, we believe another life is possible. You'll join a leading charity delivering rehabilitative services across England and Wales, working alongside passionate colleagues committed to transforming lives. Around 30% of our staff have lived experience ofaddiction or offending, helping to create an inclusive, understanding and supportive workplace.

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

Support for Families – We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace. If you'd like more information about our family-friendly benefits, please contact our Recruitment Team at (url removed) 

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)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.