Criminal Justice Support Worker

Forward Leeds; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Criminal Justice Support Worker in Exeter, focusing on supporting individuals through recovery. Your role will involve working closely with service users, delivering interventions, and collaborating with various agencies to ensure comprehensive care. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a passion for helping those with complex needs.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days)

Annual leave purchase scheme

Enhanced occupational sick pay

Flexible working and family friendly policies

Fantastic learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Real passion for working in a recovery-focused environment.
• Experience from similar environments beneficial but not essential.
• Understanding of safeguarding and group dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Support a caseload of service users with psychosocial interventions.
• Conduct ongoing assessments and provide duty cover.
• Facilitate group sessions and collaborate with partnership agencies.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Time Management

Understanding of substance misuse

Job description

Job Details: Criminal Justice Support Worker

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

Criminal Justice Support Worker
Location: Devon
Contract: Fixed Term (1 year)

We are looking for a new member to join our Criminal Justice Team at Together Drug and Alcohol service for Devon. This is a Devon wide role but you will predominantly cover the Exeter area, this is due to the needs of the service and the way our service works you may be required to work from any of the 3 hubs of Barnstaple, Exeter and Newton Abbott (travel expenses will be claimed for when necessary).

About the role
This role is to support the diverse criminal justice team and will be required to be flexible to its day to day working and task allocation. The role is to provide support to service users with welfare calls, assessing, follow up calls, completing screening tools, inputting client records updating client record systems, group work delivery.You will be supported with training and learning both about the service and your role which in time then will allow you to caseload hold and work with clients through their recovery journey.

This role in Devon works alongside the Probation service, the Police, Prison service and the courts, you will work in shared working spaces of these partners as well as being in HM Court settings.

If you have a desire to support people who often have complex needs who benefit and strive in support from our service please do apply.

Previous experience is not essential if you have transferable skills or hold our service values. We look forward to seeing your application!

Due to the funding of this role, it is for 12months until 31st March 2026

As a Criminal Justice Support Worker, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting a caseload of our service users, including delivering a range of psychosocial interventions.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to undertake ongoing assessments, risk assessments, and appropriate referrals within the community
• Facilitating group sessions with a range of individuals of varying backgrounds including SMART Recovery.
• Working with partnership agencies to ensure continuity of care and support.
• Providing duty cover for individuals accessing our services.

About you
We’re looking for an individual with a real passion for working in a recovery-focused environment. You’ll hold some transferable skills, ideally from working in a similar environment or sector.

You’ll also have:

• A knowledge and understanding of substance misuse and recovery
• Experience of managing, planning, and prioritising your own workload, delivering work of a high standard
• An understanding of safeguarding
• An understanding of group working, group dynamics and group facilitation
• Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills

A "Day in the life" from a current Criminal Justice Support Worker:

"I am currently employed as a part time Criminal Justice Support Worker. What drew me to this role, was the part time hours which suited my current situation and having recently spent 23 years working for Essex Probation Service, the role appealed to me.
As I progressed within the role, I was able to embrace the diversity of the role, the colourful characters I met, listening to their current situation and together work on a plan to hopefully help them to address alcohol or substance use. The role also provided me the opportunity to cover different parts of the County, apart from my base in Exeter, covering for staff shortages in Newton Abbott, Tavistock and Barnstaple.
Throughout my short time I have been supported from both management and staff, including some thorough training opportunities to help me to make sense of the new role, I have been offered.
The main appeal for me was not only working with some fantastic people but also the variety of the role."

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Who are we…
Waythrough (formerly Humankind) launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough (formerly Humankind) jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site https://recoveryfocus.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Recovery_Focus_Careers .

What can Waythrough (formerly Humankind) offer you… ️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service) Annual leave purchase scheme Enhanced occupational sick pay % Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension Death in service benefit ️ Free Will writing Eyecare vouchers ️ Blue light card discount Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies ️ Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce Employee Assist Programme and WaythroughSupport Networks
Waythrough (formerly Humankind) is an equal opportunities employer

We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at [e-mail]

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DBS Requirement

Does role require Police/Prison vetting? Not Applicable

Driving licence required for role?

Driving licence required for role? Yes

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