Specialist Programmes Trainer

Employer: The Forward Trust

Location: This is a Hybrid role where you will be working from home with regular travel, including overnight stays – across the organisation and to external stakeholders and potentially new customers. You will also be delivering training into Prisons including our brand New ecofriendly Prison in York HMP Millsike. 

Working hours: Full time

Salary: £30,306 plus Benefits

Closing date: 30 Jul 2025

• Job description

  • About The Role

  • We are recruiting for a Specialist Programmes Trainer

    Here at Forward Trust, within the Family Support and Specialist Programme Team we deliver and design a range of Training and Programme packages for Family members and individuals overcoming addiction. We focus our work on exploring the Family System and reaching out to individuals to provide support, encouragement and education, wherever they sit within this System. 

    We work with the Research and Development Directorate, Recovery Support and Therapeutic Quality Teams to generate new initiatives such as a Workforce Development Framework for Drug and Alcohol Practitioners and Lived Experience Volunteers/Peer Mentors.

    We deliver the M-PACT Programme across the UK and Ireland to a wide range of services and organisations. We also deliver the Recovering Families UK Online Programme and conduct collaborative evaluations with our participants on all projects.

    Our aim is to strengthen relationships and interpersonal connections, so every person feels safe, supported and valued by the people they surround themselves with'

    Role Responsibilities

    Part of the Family Support and Specialist Programmes department, this role will support the delivery of a developing range of Specialist Programmes including the accredited M-PACT Practitioner training to staff internally at the Forward Trust and externally, across the UK and Ireland. The role is required to deliver a high standard of training in line with the expectations of the organisation and Family Support Department.

    The role will also assist Specialist Programme Management in the role of developing and evaluating current and new areas of delivery.

    This is a Hybrid role where you will be working from home with regular travel – across the organisation and to external stakeholders and potentially new customers. As part of a team of 4 you will be giving direct reports to your Line Manager and be involved in specialist projects such as M-PACT programme, workforce development , parenting programme and a wide range of new initiatives. You will also be delivering training into Prisons including our brand New ecofriendly Prison in York HMP Millsike.

    Specialist training will be provided will be required to travel and stay overnight for delivery of some training packages . 

    All prison-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.

    Checks will require you to provide information on the below:

    • Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)

    • Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)

    • Co-residents

    • Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.

    • Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates

    • Credit reference checks

    • Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)

    • Other government and overseas agency or police checks.

    The Ideal Candidate

    We are looking for organised , innovative , creative and  confident individuals to join our team here at The Forward Trust.

    Please also see a list of skills and experience needed for this role ;

    • Experience designing and delivering engaging training sessions, especially for managerial audiences

    • Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage participants at different levels

    • Creative approach to content creation and training delivery, ensuring a dynamic and interactive experience

    • Experienced in delivering training in a Face-to-Face setting and virtually.

    • Understanding of diversity and inclusion and the ability to promote these values through learning and development activities

    • Ability to work independently and prioritise tasks effectively

    • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

    • The ability to organise and prioritise workloads effectively.

    • Comfortable in using a Learning Management System (LMS), e-learning tools, and other technology to design, deliver, and track learning programmes, and an understanding of Ms Office 365

    • Experience in developing pre-coursework documentation guides for training

    • Previous experience in a similar L&D role, with a track record of successfully implementing training courses.

    • Ability to think creatively to design engaging and impactful training solutions.

    • Comfortable with experimenting and trying new approaches to make learning more interactive, enjoyable, and effective.

  • 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)

    Diversity at Forward Trust

    The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.
    
    When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

    To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  

    
    Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

    We recognise the importance of safeguarding, 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.

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