In Custody Careers Advisor (IAG) in Wetherby

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In Custody Careers Advisor (CIAG)
Salary: £26,227.50
Location: HMP Wealstun
Contract: Full Time Permanent (Job share would be considered)
We\’re looking for a dedicated Careers Information Advice and Guidance Advisor to join our team – a crucial role in supporting individuals inside a custodial setting by providing tailored career advice, guidance, and support. This role aims to empower prisoners to identify their career aspirations, develop their skills, and leverage their strengths to prepare for successful reintegration into society upon release.
What You’ll Be Doing
Facilitation: Delivery of engaging sessions to groups of participants around topics such as employability skills, career planning and effective disclosure. Ensuring that goals are realistic and consider any barriers to employment sectors due to the nature of certain types of convictions.
Relationship Building: Foster genuine, trusting, and non-judgemental relationships with participants creating a safe space for personal growth.
Stakeholder management: Engage with prison education departments, training providers, employers and probation services to create employment pathways.
Caseload management: Conduct one-to-one assessments to identify prisoners\’ skills, career aspirations and training needs and develop a Prisoner Learning Plan (PLP) and effectively manage your caseload to achieve sustained employment, training, education and completion of prison employment outcomes.
Quality Recording: Work towards agreed KPIs, targets, ensuring quality assurance standards in accordance with the service provider are met.
What We Are Looking For
Career Guidance Experience and/or IAG Qualification: You will have experience advising on career choices, apprenticeships or training journeys.
Communication Skills: You\’ll have the ability to engage, motivate, persuade, and listen-building strong connections with those you support.
IT and Administrative skills: Keeping meticulous records of every interaction to measure client progress and ensure effective interventions.
Whilst we welcome applications from those with lived experience, this role requires an enhanced DBS check and HMPPS EL1 vetting. As we wait for the necessary background checks to be completed, you\’ll have plenty of opportunities to shadow your colleagues, ask questions, and learn the ropes.
Our Justice division is dedicated to transforming lives and creating safer communities. Our mission is to reduce reoffending, build stronger communities, and help people realise their potential.
Benefits
25 days of annual leave plus