Family Support Practitioner - HMP Aylesbury

Family Support Practitioner - HMP Aylesbury
Location: Buckinghamshire
Salary: £13,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent , Part Time (17.5 hours per week)
Closing date: 26th of May 2026
Are you passionate about helping people rebuild relationships, strengthen family connections and create positive futures?
We’re looking for a Family Support Practitioner to join our Family Support and Specialist Programmes team at HMP Aylesbury. This is a part-time role (17.5 hours per week), offering a meaningful opportunity to support individuals and families both within the prison setting and in the local community.
In this role, you’ll help clients and their families build healthier, more stable relationships, while supporting recovery, rehabilitation and long-term positive change. You’ll deliver tailored 1:1 support, facilitate group programmes, and work closely with partner agencies to ensure a joined-up, holistic approach.
What you’ll be doing:
* Delivering 1:1 support face-to-face, online and by phone
* Facilitating family-focused interventions and group work (e.g. parenting and relationships programmes)
* Supporting clients to understand relationships in the context of addiction, offending and mental health
* Carrying out assessments and developing collaborative support plans
* Facilitating family meetings and supporting family visits where appropriate
* Working closely with internal teams and external partners to coordinate care
* Signposting to relevant services and maintaining accurate case records
What we’re looking for:
* Experience supporting individuals, families or vulnerable groups
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Confidence delivering structured 1:1 and group interventions
* Understanding of safeguarding and professional boundaries
* A compassionate, proactive and non-judgemental approach
* Ability to work independently while contributing to a wider team
This is a chance to make a real difference to family connections and long-term outcomes for people affected by complex needs. If you’re passionate about relationship-focused support and meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.
Please see attached Job Description for full details
All prison-based roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and HMPPS security vetting. These checks can take up to 5 months to complete. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful completion of both checks.
Please note if you have lived overseas within the last 5 years then checks may take longer.
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
* BHSF 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 our website to complete your application