Family Support Practitioner - HMP Highdown

Family Support Practitioner - HMP Highdown Location: Sutton Salary: £24,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time Closing Date: 26th May 2026 Want to make a real difference where it truly matters? We re looking for a Family Support Practitioner to join our team at HMP Highdown, working full time (35 hours per week). This is a frontline role where you ll support people in custody and their families across both the prison and local community, helping to rebuild relationships, strengthen wellbeing, and support long-term recovery and rehabilitation. This role sits within the Family Support and Specialist Programmes department and focuses on delivering impactful 1:1 and group interventions. You ll help clients understand the role of relationships in addiction, offending, mental health, and wider life challenges, while also working directly with family members and affected others to improve their health, resilience, and ability to support positive change. What you ll be doing Delivering 1:1 support (face-to-face, online, and telephone) for clients and families Facilitating group programmes such as relationships work, parenting interventions, and structured recovery programmes Supporting and coordinating family meetings and family visits Completing needs and risk assessments, and co-producing tailored support plans Working directly with children and young people where appropriate to support whole-family recovery Signposting to specialist services and building strong ..... full job details .....