Peer Support Coordinator - HMP The Mount

Peer Support Coordinator - HMP The Mount

Location: Hertfordshire

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Are you passionate about empowering people to make positive changes in their lives?

We're looking for a motivated and compassionate Peer Support Coordinator to join our Integrated Substance Misuse Service at HMP The Mount.

This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week, where you'll play a key role in supporting individuals affected by drug and alcohol use, helping to develop peer-led support networks that promote recovery, wellbeing, and positive outcomes across the prison community.

What You'll Be Doing

Working as part of an integrated healthcare team, you will:

• Recruit, train and support Peer Supporters and Health & Wellbeing Champions
• Coordinate and oversee peer-led interventions across the prison
• Build positive relationships with service users and support their recovery journey
• Promote health, wellbeing and resilience through person-centred approaches
• Work closely with prison staff and healthcare colleagues to improve service delivery
• Champion the service, increase engagement, and raise awareness throughout the prison
• Monitor outcomes, maintain accurate records, and contribute to service improvement

What We're Looking For

• Passion for supporting people to achieve positive change
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to motivate, engage and inspire others
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Experience working in health, wellbeing, recovery, criminal justice or a related environment
• Confidence working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• A proactive approach with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Commitment to promoting recovery, wellbeing and person-centred support

This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference by helping individuals build confidence, develop new skills, and support others on their recovery journey. Every day brings the chance to create positive change and improve lives.

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 their website to complete your application.