Wing Facilitator - In Custody

The Growth Company; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Group Delivery/Trainer for their Creating Future Opportunities programme. The role involves supporting high-risk individuals through guidance, mentoring, and structured feedback, fostering their transition to education and employment, and contributing to their rehabilitation process.

Qualifications

• Experience working with offenders or marginalized individuals in training and counselling.
• Proficiency in delivering engaging group sessions.
• Extensive experience in supporting individual progression.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous resettlement support to participants.
• Engage and case manage participants on the CFO Evolution Wing.
• Establish and deliver engaging group sessions.

Skills

Guidance Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Rehabilitation and Desistance

Education

Information Advice and Guidance qualifications

Teaching qualifications (or equivalent)

Job description

The Growth Company's (GC)Justice Services is thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Group Delivery/ Trainerwithin our Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) Evolution Programme. This role involves providing advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring, and support to participants through regular one-on-one meetings and group interventions. The aim is to help hard-to-reach individuals prepare for engagement with core prison services and their eventual release.

We are dedicated to making a lasting impact on the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond by supporting individuals in gaining meaningful employment. Our highly skilled advisers and keyworkers work with a diverse range of individuals, from those who have recently become unemployed to those facing complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental health issues, and debt.

Key Responsibilities:

• Resettlement Support:Provide continuous resettlement support to participants.
• Engagement and Case Management:Engage and case manage participants on the CFO Evolution Wing.
• Group Sessions:Establish and deliver high-quality, engaging group sessions as outlined in the Phase 1 CFO Wing timetable to encourage attendance and completion of actions and activities.
• Progress Monitoring:Monitor and track participants' progress, including through reviews, to ensure high attendance, achievement rates, and progression.
• Feedback and Development:Provide participants with structured feedback and set development objectives.
• Relationship Building:Develop strong relationships with HMPPS and other agencies offering ongoing and pre-release support.

About You:

• Work Environment:Experience working with offenders or individuals marginalised from mainstream services in training, guidance, advice, and counselling settings is highly desirable.
• Guidance Skills:Proficiency in delivering high-quality one-to-one and group sessions, meeting at least Grade 2 standards.
• Interpersonal Skills:A warm, approachable, and empathetic style, with the ability to establish rapport and build relationships that support participants' progression to education, training, and employment, and facilitate desistance from crime.

Skills Required:

• Qualifications:Information Advice and Guidance and/or teaching qualifications (or equivalent) are preferred.
• Experience:Extensive experience working closely with individuals to support their progression is crucial.
• Rehabilitation and Desistance:Understanding of issues affecting offender rehabilitation and desistance theory.
• Work Environment:Experience working with offenders or individuals marginalised from mainstream services in training, guidance, advice, and counselling settings is desirable.
• Sector Knowledge:Familiarity with National Probation Services or HM Prison environments, as well as local and national training, education, and employment opportunities.