CFO Evolution Justice Services Support Worker in Custody

Newhall, East Midlands, United Kingdom The Growth Company The Growth Company's (GC) Justice Services is looking for a Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) Evolution Justice Services Support Worker to provide rehabilitation and Employment Training and Education support within our Programme.

CFO Evolution provides tailored support for offenders, especially those who are disadvantaged, struggle to engage with mainstream services, face barriers to community reintegration, and lack essential life and functional skills needed by employers. This voluntary program includes through-the-gate elements to ensure comprehensive support not fully covered by existing initiatives.

You'll be dual-trained as a Justice Case Worker and Activity Facilitator, offering advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring, and support through regular 1:1 meetings and group sessions. To read more about this programme, please visit: HMPPS Creating Future Opportunities .

Please note, this role is based at HMP Newhall, Wakefield. Occasional travel to other locations will be required as part of the role; therefore, it is desirable that applicants hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own car.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify individual learning needs and develop tailored action plans to support participants in achieving their personal, learning, and progression goals.
• Build strong, supportive relationships with participants to encourage engagement, develop confidence, and maintain participation throughout their journey.
• Accurately record activities, participant interactions, and progress using the CRM system, ensuring all information is up to date and compliant.
• Guide participants in implementing future-focused actions, helping them take practical steps towards achieving their goals and aspirations.
• Deliver group learning sessions designed to enhance communication, social interaction, confidence, and employability skills in an engaging and inclusive environment.

About You:

• Proven experience working with offenders or individuals from marginalised backgrounds.
• Proven experience planning, facilitating and delivering group sessions, workshops or learning activities, with the confidence to engage and motivate participants from a range of backgrounds.
• Experience supporting individuals to overcome barriers and achieve personal, learning or employment goals.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to thrive in a target-driven environment.
• Warm, empathetic, and able to quickly build rapport with participants.

Skills Required:

• Experience delivering structured group-based support, training, education or employability sessions.
• Desirable: Experience working within prison, probation or other criminal justice settings.
• Desired: Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and/or teaching qualifications.
• Strong understanding of offender rehabilitation and desistance theory.
• Knowledge of National Probation Service or HM Prison environments, and awareness of local and national training, education and employment opportunities.

We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.

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At GC, safeguarding the welfare of all individuals including vulnerable adults and young people is a top priority, and we expect all staff to uphold this standard. All appointments follow Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd), at no cost to the successful candidate.

Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.

We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team.

We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contact [email removed] or call us on [phone removed].

We're proud to support the Ban the Box campaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, we've removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage.

GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process.

All GC colleagues will work in line with the Health and Safety at work act and the GC Health and Safety Policy.