Senior Support Worker

Career Connect; England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi-time

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Career Connect is seeking a Senior Support Worker to help deliver the CFO Evolution contract in the North-West. You will provide specialist employment support to prisoners close to release at open prisons, securing ROTL placements and employment on release, and supporting others into work from various locations.

You will work with stakeholders, develop links with employers, and be proactive and target-driven, recording outcomes accurately as part of a growing charity dedicated to social mobility.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience working with employers to seek opportunities for people facing multiple barriers.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with offenders or vulnerable people.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist employment support to prisoners close to release.
• Secure ROTL placements and employment on release.
• Support project participants into employment from other locations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and develop links with employers.
• Record accurate information and evidence outcomes to meet targets.

Skills

Employer engagement

Working with offenders

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and confident Senior Support Worker to help us deliver our CFO Evolution contract in the North-West. The contract works with offenders in Custody and through-the-gate into their local community to help them address their resettlement goals.

As Senior Support Worker, you will provide specialist employment support to prisoners close to release at our open prisons: HMP Thorn Cross, HMP Kirkham and HMP Haverigg. Ensuring that they are work ready, you will secure ROTL placements and employment on release. You will support other project participants into employment from other locations too. Working in partnership with stakeholders and developing links with employers are integral to the role. You’ll need to be proactive, performance driven and a good communicator. The ability to achieve targets, record accurate information and evidence outcomes is essential.

You’ll need to have:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience working with employers in the context of seeking opportunities for people facing multiple barriers.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working with offenders/vulnerable people.

We’ll give you all the training you need to do the job and provide you with support to get established in the new role. Employment is subject to successful Enhanced Level 1 clearance via Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL), which is the vetting required of all probation and prison-based staff, or those accessing probation/prison systems and databases. This will be arranged with you.

You’ll work with fantastic people in a growing charity that is committed to driving social mobility and making a real difference in people’s lives.

Package:

Our full-time staff enjoy a reasonable 35h working week and we also offer flexi-time, so when we ask our staff to do extra, we always make sure they’ve got those hours to take back another time. It’s a great benefit of working for Career Connect.

A full job description can be downloaded at the bottom of our the page.

You will be reimbursed for any additional travel, beyond your main base of work.

The interviews will take place on 24/11/2026 and will be Face to Face