Wellbeing Practitioner - Prison Lead

Catch22; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22 is seeking a Wellbeing Practitioner – Prison Lead to support adult male ex-offenders in rehabilitation and reintegration. The role covers community and custody settings with four pathways: Family, Lifestyle, Social Inclusion, and Significant Others.

You will deliver tailored interventions, build coping skills, and work with partners to ensure holistic support. The position is permanent, 38 hours per week, based around HMP Bullingdon, Milton Keynes, and Aylesbury, with travel across

Qualifications

• Proven experience working with offenders or disadvantaged individuals.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk management, and rehabilitation strategies.
• Strong communication and motivational skills.
• Ability to manage caseloads effectively in challenging environments.
• Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users in community and custody.
• Deliver tailored interventions to promote positive change.
• Help individuals build coping skills, manage emotions and develop resilience.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure holistic support.

Skills

Proven experience with offenders

Strong communication skills

Motivational skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Caseload management

Education

Maths and English GCSE

CPD/Continual professional development

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

Job description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

Weachievethis in two ways. First, we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we useour knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help.With the heart of a charityand the mindset of a business,we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

In Justice, we work with young people and adults in custody and in the community, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement,mentoring, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work and youth justice.We believe that with effective support mechanisms and the correct interventions, we can change service user’s ideology, helping them desist from crime and reach their true potential.

Job Description

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of adult male ex-offenders? As a Wellbeing Practitioner – Prison Lead, you’ll play a vital role in supporting individuals to rehabilitate and reintegrate into society. Working within the Personal Wellbeing service, you will focus on four pathways:

• Family and Significant Others
• Lifestyle and Associates
• Social Inclusion.

You’ll manage a caseload of service users both in the community and custody, delivering tailored interventions that promote positive change. This includes helping individuals build coping skills, manage emotions, develop resilience, and foster pro-social behaviors. Additionally, you’ll work collaboratively with key stakeholders and delivery partners to ensure holistic support.

Qualifications

• Driving License, and access to a vehicle.
• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE, or equivalent.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office - Word and Excel.
• Any qualification relevant to rehabilitation of offenders, for example criminology/ criminal justice/ social care/ mental health/ IAG/ Family Services/ Emotional Wellbeing/ Social Inclusion.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience working with offenders or disadvantaged individuals.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk management, and rehabilitation strategies.
• Strong communication and motivational skills.
• Ability to manage caseloads effectively and adapt to challenging environments.

Additional Requirements:Successful post-holders will need to have a full UK Driving License and access to a personal vehicle for work purposes.

Contract:Permanent

Hours & work pattern:Full time, 38 hours per week.

Location:Covering HMP Bullingdon, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury however frequent travel across the Thames Valley region.

Proactive Recruitment Strategy:We are proactively recruiting to build a pool of pre-cleared candidates for future vacancies, for some of our opportunities. While we may not be able to offer an immediate role, successful applicants will undergo all relevant pre-employment checks, enabling them to join our workforce promptly when a position becomes available. This approach is based on expected leavers over the coming 3 month period and ensures a smooth transition into the team as opportunities arise.

Catch22’s Commitment to Opportunity & Progression

At Catch22 we are proud of our commitment in supporting people develop in their careers and progress in our organisation. In 2024, within our Justice Hub, we have 68% of those in management roles that originally joined Catch22 in the frontline workforce and some worked across a number of roles and Leadership positions before joining management. This allows us to have a highly experienced management group and provides development opportunities for those in our much valued front-line.

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have " Banned the Box ". This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see the Job Information Pack for more information.

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