Supporting People on Probation Navigator

Supporting People on Probation Navigator - Redhill

Location: Redhill

Salary: £24,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

About The Role

Help people on probation in Surrey build safer, stronger, and more connected lives.

At Forward Trust, we believe another life is possible, and as a Navigator, you'll walk alongside people as they rebuild relationships, overcome barriers, and move toward a crime-free future.

About the Role

Based primarily in Redhill Probation Office, with regular travel to West Sussex PDUs and HMP Highdown, you'll deliver 1:1 and group interventions that support positive change.

This is an in-person role, with some virtual work where needed. Expect variety: one day you might run a music group, support an allotment project, or meet someone pre-release; the next you could be delivering structured sessions, liaising with Probation Practitioners, or even scoring the winning football penalty.

You'll:

• Build rapport and motivate people on probation to engage and move forward
• Support them to understand relationships, wellbeing, social inclusion, and lifestyle choices
• Deliver interventions that form part of their sentence plan
• Maintain accurate records and make every contact count
• Work closely with probation teams, resettlement teams, and community partners

About You

You might come from probation, prisons, the police, courts, education, health, social care, psychology, coaching, counselling, fostering, or bring entirely different but valuable life experience. What matters most is your ability to connect, support, and believe in people's capacity to change.

We're looking for:

• Genuine passion for supporting others and belief in their potential
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust
• Experience or transferable skills in assessment, planning, and delivering interventions
• Reliability, teamwork, and confidence when working independently
• Creativity, adaptability, and a commitment to high-quality delivery
• A full UK driving licence is desirable (travel is essential)
• Willingness to work occasional evenings

Join a national charity delivering Commissioned Rehabilitative Services across the country, with 30% of our staff bringing lived experience. In Surrey, you'll be part of a passionate, supportive team working directly with the Probation Service across Redhill, Guildford, Staines, and local prisons.

Help shape brighter futures, and build your own, as a Supporting People on Probation Navigator.

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 Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.