CFO Evolution Support Worker - HMP Elmley

Shaw Trust; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A social purpose organization in the UK is seeking a CFO Support Worker to manage a caseload of participants in custody and community settings. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality support, assist participants in overcoming barriers to resettlement, and guide them towards sustainable employment. This role offers valuable employee benefits including annual leave, enhanced pension, and learning opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Assurance

Access to learning opportunities

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with criminal records.
• Ability to work in custody and community settings.
• Undergo enhanced vetting checks.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of participants in custody and community.
• Provide guidance to help participants achieve goals.
• Support participants in finding sustainable employment.

Skills

Manage a caseload

Provide high quality support

Overcome barriers to resettlement

Achieve agreed milestones

Develop skills

Find sustainable employment

Job description

Overview

Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. We believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility. We are about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

Shaw Trust helps give people with a criminal record the opportunity for a second chance, providing services to support them in custody and in the community. We provide people with the skills, knowledge, and a sense of purpose for life after custody, significantly reducing the likelihood of reoffending. We support at each stage of the journey, providing people with safe and supportive spaces to engage in positive activities and move toward integrating back into society. We will be delivering the HMPPS Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) programme in the East of England and Southeast of England.

We are recruiting for people to join our teams in the role of CFO Support Worker. In this role you will manage a caseload of participants in both custodial and community settings, providing high quality support and guidance. You will help participants overcome barriers to successful resettlement, achieve agreed milestones, develop skills, and find sustainable employment. You will undergo enhanced vetting checks.

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Location

In this role you will work across different locations in custody and within community hubs. The locations are HMP Elmley and Canterbury Probation.

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people's lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years\' service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters' levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women's Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive, available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government's Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [e-mail]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.