Support Worker- Stockwell

Reed Talent Solutions; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service provider is seeking a Support Worker to aid individuals on community sentences. This role offers a flexible working schedule and a generous salary. Candidates should have experience in the justice sector and a minimum of 2 A-Levels or equivalent. The position promises immense job satisfaction through community impact, along with professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Reed Pension Scheme

Award Winning Management & Leadership training

Professional & Personal Development Funds

Bi-annual pay reviews

Qualifications

• Experience of working in the Justice Sector, e.g., Ministry of Justice, or with offenders.
• Experience in a performance target driven environment.
• Willingness to travel locally.

Responsibilities

• Engaging people serving a community sentence and providing one-to-one support.
• Helping participants overcome personal and work-related barriers.

Skills

Experience of working in the Justice Sector

Performance target experience

Advice and guidance experience

Strong administration skills

Good written communication skills

Education

A minimum of 2 A-Levels or equivalent Level 3 Diploma

GCSE English Language at Grade B or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Do you have experience of working in the Justice Sector?

Have you got experience of providing advice, guidance and support?

Then consider the role of Support Worker at Reed in Partnership!

We are on a mission to be the partner of choice for developing people and their communities. Reed in Partnership is a public service provider specialising in skills training for the long-term unemployed, increasing employment opportunities by working with employers and providing youth services.

Due to the nature of the role and Participants on the programme, if successful you will be required to pass an Enhanced Level 1 Security Vetting Check. This includes ID and proof of address checks, an Enhanced DBS, referencing and checks of both spent & unspent cautions & convictions. Therefore, your recruiter may ask for this information during the recruitment process, and your start date may be affected by the length of the checks.

What is the role about?

A Support Worker is responsible engaging people serving a community sentence or on licence from prison and providing services to aid them to lead law abiding lives and access mainstream activity. They will provide one-to-one and group support to help programme participants overcome personal and work related barriers.

A Support Worker will work towards targets and guidelines in accordance with the programme obligations and Reed in Partnership processes.

What’s in it for you?

A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
• Reed Pension Scheme
• Award Winning Management & Leadership training
• Professional & Personal Development Funds
• Bi-annual pay reviews
• Plus much more that can be found Here
• With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.

At Reed in Partnership, we live and breathe our values in every decision and action taken, resulting in a collaborative and enjoyable culture within our offices. Our company values – we are fair open and honest; we take ownership, and we work together.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with

Essential Attainments:

• Experience of working in the Justice Sector, e.g. Ministry of Justice, Probation Service or working with offenders
• Experience of working in a performance target driven environment.
• Experience of providing advice, guidance & support to a caseload of participants.
• A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma.
• GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade B (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). OR achievement of a Level 2 in Literacy Assessment at interview stage. OR International Equivalents.

Essential Criteria

• Support Workers attributes include Achievement Orientation, Accuracy Orientation, Advice and Guidance, Challenge and Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptability, Empathy and Empowerment, Honesty and Integrity, Planning and Decision Making, Selling and Influencing, and Team Orientation.
• Technical skills include strong administration skills, good computer/technology skills, basic numeracy skills and good written communication/record keeping skills.
• Personal interests include interest in people and willingness to learn.
• Personal circumstances include willingness to travel locally (e.g. to meet Participants/Partners).

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of the CATS+ system, or similar
• Personal interests include interest in career and self-development.
• Personal circumstances include willingness to work flexible hours (e.g. to make retention calls, help run outreach activities outside of normal working hours)
• Fluency in more than one language