Recovery Programme Practitioner (Y Bont) - HMP Swansea
Location: Swansea
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Vacancy Type:
Closing date: 26 May 2026
About The Role
Help Change Lives. Build Recovery. Break the Cycle.
We re looking for a passionate and motivated Recovery Programme (Y Bont) Practitioner to join our award-winning team delivering Y Bont, a therapeutic 12-week abstinence-based recovery programme based on the Incentivised Substance Free Living (ISFL) wing at HMP Swansea.
This is a full-time role (35 hours per week), primarily based at HMP Swansea, with occasional travel to other sites across South Wales. This is a unique opportunity to support men in custody who are ready to make lasting change, achieve abstinence, and build a positive future beyond prison.
If you re committed to recovery, rehabilitation and making a real impact, we d love to hear from you.
What You ll Be Doing
Working as part of a small, dedicated team, you will:
What We re Looking For
We re seeking someone who is organised, empathetic and confident delivering interventions in a challenging but rewarding environment. You ll ideally have:
We actively value lived experience and welcome applications from people with experience of recovery and/or the criminal justice system.
Please Note
If you re ready to help people rebuild their lives and be part of an inspiring recovery programme, apply today.
Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received.
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 -
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the Eligibility to Work in the UK requirements.
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.
