Support Worker (Activity Facilitator)

The Growth Company\’s (GC)Justice Services is hiring a Support Worker in Custody (Activity Facilitator) for the Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) Evolution Programme. You will provide advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring, and support to participants through one-to-one meetings and group interventions. Help participants in custody prepare for release and resettle into their communities with practical help, advice, and motivation.

We make a lasting difference by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Our skilled advisers and keyworkers assist a range of individuals, from those recently out of work to those with complex barriers like disabilities, mental ill-health, and debt.

This role will involve will be based at HMP Humber with travel to cover HMP Hull on occasion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage and case-manage eligible participants on the CFO Evolution programme, providing ongoing resettlement support.
• Assess support needs initially and on an ongoing basis.
• Create Action Plans, designing appropriate activities, training programmes, and interventions.
• Provide advocacy, mentoring, advice, guidance, and training interventions tailored to individual needs.
• Establish and deliver high-quality, engaging 1:1 and group sessions.
• Monitor and track participants’ progress.
• Develop strong relationships with HMPPS and other supporting agencies.
• Facilitate effective Through the Gate and warm handover to the relevant Support Worker in the community.

About You:

• Working with offenders, or those disaffected and marginalised from mainstream services, in training, guidance, advice and counselling environments desirable.
• High level guidance skills, with the ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions.
• A warm, approachable empathetic style and the ability to establish a rapport and build relationships with participants that supports their progression to education, training and employment and facilitates desistance from crime.

Skills Required:

• Knowledge regarding the issues affecting the rehabilitation of offenders, and desistance theory.
• Working with offenders, or those disaffected and marginalised from mainstream services, in training, guidance, advice and counselling environments desirable.
• Knowledge of National Probation Services or HM Prison environments and/or training, education, and employment opportunities locally and nationally, and of training and guidance.

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