Join our team at HMP Channings Wood as a Through the Gate Worker and help people prepare for life beyond prison. You'll support individuals approaching release to access treatment, healthcare, and community services, helping them build positive futures, sustain recovery, and successfully reintegrate into their communities. Experience in substance misuse, criminal justice, mental health, social care, or a related field can be beneficial, but it isn't essential. If you have strong people skills, can build positive relationships, and are passionate about helping others, we'll provide the training and support needed to help you succeed in the role. This is an exciting time to join us. HMP Channings Wood is preparing for a significant prison expansion, creating opportunities for career development and progression within a growing service. If you're looking for a role with purpose, where you can support positive change and help people take the next step towards a brighter future, we'd love to hear from you.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities
Looking for a Rewarding Career Where You Can Make a Real Difference? As a Through the Gate Worker at HMP Channings Wood, you'll support people preparing for release from prison, helping them overcome barriers, access essential services, and take positive steps towards recovery and independence. You'll play a vital role in helping people build a fresh start by ensuring they have the right support, plans, and connections in place as they transition back into the community. Experience in substance misuse, criminal justice, social care, or mental health can be beneficial, but it isn't essential. If you have strong people skills, can build positive relationships, and are passionate about helping others, we'll provide the training and support needed to develop in the role.
What You'll Do
- Support individuals during the 12 weeks leading up to their release from prison.
- Develop personalised resettlement and recovery plans.
- Coordinate referrals to healthcare, treatment, and community services.
- Work closely with prison staff, healthcare teams, resettlement teams and external partner agencies.
- Advocate for individuals to access the support they need.
- Promote recovery, resilience, social reintegration, and independence.
- Contribute to risk management and safeguarding processes where required.
You might be a great fit if you:
- Enjoy helping and supporting others.
- Communicate effectively and build positive relationships.
- Are organised and able to manage competing priorities.
- Work well independently and as part of a team.
- Are proactive, resilient, and focused on achieving positive outcomes.
- Are willing to learn and develop new skills.
Experience in substance misuse, criminal justice, mental health, social care, housing, community work, customer service, education, the armed forces, coaching, or mentoring is welcomed but not essential. We value attitude, motivation, and transferable skills and will provide training to support your development.
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are. We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we'd love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Paid weekly Wellbeing Hour.
- Pension scheme and employee wellbeing support.
- Discounts on shopping, travel and entertainment.
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities.
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