Support Worker

Seetec; Longcross; Presencial; GBP 26.000 - 29.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays +

Birthday Day off

Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer

Healthcare Cash Plan

Life assurance

Annual salary pay review

Refer a friend scheme

Benefit Hub access

Descripción de la vacante

Seetec is hiring a Support Worker (Peripatetic) to join the CFO Evolution programme based in HMP Guys Marsh / Poole Community on a fixed term contract until December 2028. You will carry out assessments, deliver tailored interventions, and support participants to address needs and reduce reoffending.

Travel across the cluster is required to manage caseload and lead group sessions. We value lived experience related to criminal justice and encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds.

Formación

• Experience in probation, social care, or related custodial settings is preferred.
• Ability to assess, plan, and deliver interventions to reduce reoffending.
• Willingness to travel across the designated cluster and work with volunteers.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out assessments and deliver tailored interventions to participants.
• Provide one-to-one and group support to help reintegration.
• Coordinate risk oversight and safeguarding of adults and children.
• Report changes in risk to Probation Service in a timely manner.
• Prepare participants for release and smooth community transition.
• Collaborate with peer mentors, volunteers, and link services (housing, substance misuse, health).

Descripción del empleo

We're hiring a Support Worker (Peripatetic) within to join the CFO Evolution programme based in HMP Guys Marsh / Poole Community on a long term Fixed Term Contract - December 2028. In this role, you will carry out effective assessments, deliver tailored interventions, and build strong relationships with stakeholders within custodial settings. Your primary focus will be to support participants in identifying and addressing their individual needs, with the aim of reducing their risk of reoffending. You'll manage a caseload and provide coordinated oversight of risk, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding both adults and children. This includes promptly reporting any changes in individual risk to the Probation Service and adhering to established policies, procedures, and systems to ensure effective risk management. From initial engagement and assessment, you will offer motivational support and guidance throughout participants' sentences. You'll deliver both one-to-one and group interventions to help individuals overcome barriers to reintegration. A key part of the role involves preparing participants for release, ensuring a smooth and well-supported transition back into the community. The role will require you to work closely with peer mentors and volunteers to support caseload management and connect participants with vital services such as housing, substance misuse support, and physical and mental healthcare. Due to the peripatetic nature of this role, regular travel across the designated cluster is required for caseload management, service delivery, and attending internal and external meetings. We believe that lived experience can be just as valuable as professional experience. We actively encourage applications from people who have personal experience of overcoming challenges linked to the criminal justice system, social care, probation services, mental health, recovery, homelessness, substance misuse, or other complex life circumstances.

In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary range £26,000 to £29,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days)
• 2 Volunteer Days
• Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
• Annual salary pay review
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free access to Benefit Hub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme, and additional voluntary benefits

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