Justice Case Worker

Shaw Trust; Essex; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced pension after 6 months

Life Assurance

Learning and development opportunities

Diversity networks

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Shaw Trust is seeking a dedicated practitioner to manage a caseload of participants in custody and the community, delivering high-quality guidance to enable resettlement and progression toward employment.

You will support individuals with complex needs, building partnerships and maintaining professional boundaries, while navigating DBS requirements and vetting. Essex onsite role with strong development opportunities.

Qualifications

• ICT proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Level 2 English & Maths or equivalent experience.
• Commitment to rehabilitation of prisoners and supporting prisoners/prison leavers with complex needs.
• Ability to manage challenging behaviour and build effective partnerships to achieve targets.
• Strong interpersonal, active listening and motivational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of participants in custody and the community with high quality support and guidance.
• Help participants engage, break down barriers and progress towards education, training and employment.
• Deliver casework that supports sustained resettlement and achievement of milestones.

Skills

ICT proficiency with MS Office

English & Maths Level 2

Prisoner rehabilitation experience

Managing challenging behaviour

Interpersonal & motivational skills

Education

Level 2 English & Maths

DBS and vetting checks

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust 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.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

Manage a caseload of participants in custody, and community, providing high quality support and guidance, enabling participants to engage and break down barriers to successful resettlement, achieve agreed milestones and develop enhanced skillsets, leading them into an ultimate goal of sustainable employment.

Essential

• ICT proficiency including all major Microsoft applications. Level 2 English & Maths or equivalent experience
• A commitment to the rehabilitation of prisoners with experience of supporting prisoners and prison leavers with complex needs, helping them overcome barriers and progress towards education, training, and employment.
• Skilled in managing challenging behaviour, building effective partnerships, and achieving performance targets while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills including active listening and motivational skills to support those from a range of backgrounds. Proactive and solution focussed taking the initiative to create opportunities

In addition to DBS and reference checks, the successful candidate must pass HMPPS vetting

Location

This role is onsite Essex, United Kingdom

Employee 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, Women’s Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, The MANaging Network, The Young Professionals Network and Back to Work Support Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

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.
• We are proud to hold the menopause friendly accreditation, hosting a regular Menopause Peer Support Groups providing a safe space for colleagues share experiences or ask questions.
• 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.