Recovery Navigator

Recovery Navigator (Ealing & Hillingdon)

Location: London

Salary: £25,207 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 14 Nov 2025

About The Role

We're looking for passionate, proactive Recovery Navigators to join our London Dependency and Recovery Service, working across Ealing & Hillingdon, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster. You'll be part of a flexible, multi-disciplinary team delivering in-person support within local probation delivery units, helping Person(s) on Probation engage in treatment, access community services, and take meaningful steps on their recovery journey.

What you'll do:

• Carry and manage a diverse caseload of adult male prison leavers and individuals on community orders.
• Complete assessments, create collaborative action plans, and deliver 1:1, group, and virtual sessions.
• Provide practical support and advocacy, from completing referral forms to attending appointments.
• Offer clear advice, guidance, and motivational interventions that empower individuals to manage their dependency and recovery needs.
• Build strong relationships with probation teams, community partners, and substance misuse services to ensure coordinated care and sustained engagement.

What we're looking for:

• Strong communication, organisation, and relationship-building skills.
• A team player with flexibility to work across boroughs and adapt to changing demand.
• Experience or understanding of substance misuse, criminal justice, or support services (advantageous but not essential).
• Commitment to helping others achieve stability, reduce offending, and rebuild their lives.

You may occasionally attend our head office for training or support in other London locations.

Ready to help bridge the gap between probation and recovery? Apply today and be part of lasting change.

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)

To Apply

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