Ex-offender Support Worker

Red 5 People; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Lancashire is seeking a dedicated coach to work with individuals facing significant barriers, including ex-offenders. In this role, you will deliver personalized coaching sessions, lead workshops, and help participants achieve essential goals across healthcare and employment. Strong administrative skills are essential to track outcomes effectively. The position offers a salary of £27,500 – £29,000 per annum and is fully office-based.

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals in mental health, homelessness, or youth work.
• Background in probation, supported housing or employment advisory roles.
• Ability to track and record outcomes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver one-to-one coaching and support sessions tailored to participants.
• Help clients set and achieve goals in healthcare, education, and employment.
• Lead small group workshops on core project activities.

Skills

Experience in supporting individuals facing significant barriers

Strong administrative skills

Confidence in leading workshops

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about helping people turn their lives around? You’ll be working at a pioneering ex-offender project unlike anything you’ve seen before. The programme combines wellness activities like meditation, CBT, cooking skills, table tennis, and outdoor walks with practical support such as job search assistance, CV writing, self-employment sessions, and confidence-building workshops — all designed to support participants’ journeys toward a better future.

In this role, you will deliver one-to-one coaching and support sessions, starting with an action plan tailored to each individual. Your ongoing sessions will focus on helping clients set and achieve goals across key areas including healthcare, education, employment, and wellness. In addition to 1:1 support, you’ll also lead small group workshops covering the project’s core activities.

Full training is provided, both online and in-person, including shadowing an experienced colleague for 2–4 weeks.

This is a highly rewarding role where you will make a tangible difference. However, you’ll need to be confident with administrative work, as detailed recording and tracking of outcomes is essential. You should also be comfortable working towards targets, as the project’s aim is to deliver real, measurable impact on participants’ lives.

Responsibilities

Deliver one-to-one coaching and support sessions, starting with an action plan tailored to each participant.

Help clients set and achieve goals across healthcare, education, employment, and wellness.

Lead small group workshops covering the project’s core activities.

About You

To apply, you must have experience supporting individuals facing significant barriers to progression. While experience working with ex-offenders would be ideal, we are equally interested in candidates with backgrounds in mental health, homelessness, youth work, or similar areas — provided you can show a track record of helping clients make progress in key areas like those mentioned above.

You might have worked previously as a:

• Probation Officer
• Supported Housing Officer
• Drug and Alcohol Support Worker
• Employment Advisor
• Hostel Worker
• Youth Worker

How to Apply

Please apply via this advert. We aim to respond to every applicant. However, if you have not heard from us within 72 hours, please complete the “Send Us A Message” form on the Contact Us page of the Red 5 People website — a real person will get back to you.

For more details about the role, you are welcome to call the office and ask for Lawrence.

Details

Salary: £27,500 – £29,000 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM)
Location: 100% office-based