Reconnect Partnership Manager

Reconnect Partnership ManagerEast of England Location:UK Salary:£27,992 Vacancy Type:Permanent Advertising End Date:6th January 2026 RECONNECT is a flagship NHS programme designed to address health inequalities faced by people leaving prison. It provides a bridge between prison and community healthcare, ensuring individuals can access the health and care support they need both before and after release. This service represents the largest investment in Health & Justice services in the past six years and plays a vital role in improving rehabilitation and resettlement outcomes across the region. As Partnership Manager, you will act as the strategic link between Forward Trust teams and key stakeholders, ensuring seamless collaboration across prisons, probation, voluntary, and community health services. Youll be the single point of contact driving partnership development, supporting frontline teams, and ensuring that service delivery meets high standards. Your role will be crucial in ensuring clients leaving custody can access holistic, person-centred support. Key responsibilities include: Mapping and improving access to existing community services while identifying gaps in provision. Supporting voluntary sector partners to work effectively and safely within the prison environment. Developing and strengthening partnerships with CRCs, probation, healthcare, and community organisations. Acting as an advocate for clients and ensuring equitable access to services inside and outside prison. Contributing to quality standards, audits, and reporting requirements, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement. Providing guidance, supervision, and support to teams across the East of England. This is a dynamic and varied role requiring a strategic mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build strong working relationships at all levels. What Were Looking For Were seeking someone who is not only motivated by making a difference, but also brings the skills and experience to thrive in this strategic role. Essential criteria include: Strong IT and project management skills to support effective service delivery. Flexibility to adapt to the evolving needs of the service. Proven experience in developing service level agreements (SLAs) with multiple providers. Knowledge of community-based support organisations. Ability to represent Forward Trust with professionalism and credibility. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders in different settings. If you are passionate about reducing health inequalities, strengthening partnerships, and helping people leaving prison access the support they need, wed love to hear from you. 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 SchemeEmployer 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. 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. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.TPBN1_UKTJ