Overview
As a Careers Information Advice and Guidance Adviser, you will work within prison settings, empowering individuals to develop the skills, confidence, and aspirations needed for a fresh start by providing tailored career coaching, workshops, and personalised action plans.
Responsibilities
* Manage a prisoner caseload, supporting the achievement of personal and team targets, including Management Information (PMT) requirements for the contract.
* Record all interactions with prisoners on relevant Justice systems, updating case notes and local MI systems.
* Document advice and goals in an agreed Learning and Work Plan with SMART goals and actions.
* Meet, and strive to exceed, personal performance targets (Key Performance Indicators) relating to the number of prisoners seen, reviews undertaken and the number of prisoners moving forward in work and/or learning.
* Work flexibly across different prisons to support continuity of service.
* Attend custody meetings and, where required, travel to external events and training to support CPD.
* High level of initiative and motivation with the ability to seek out solutions to problems.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently.
* Accountable for own professional development and to undertake necessary training as identified in the Performance Review process.
* Customer/Service User Focus.
About the organisation and approach
Communities and Education Division is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts. Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values. You may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec supports the recruitment of ex-offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our policy statement on Ex-Offenders is available on our website under About us.
Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy and maternity. We are an employee-owned company delivering services across employment, skills and rehabilitation sectors, focused on unlocking people’s social and economic potential by helping them into work and develop new skills. We are a Disability Confident Leader and B-Corp certified and hold Investors in People and Investors in Wellbeing Gold status.
With people at the heart of our services, we strive to empower lives and improve communities. We are proud to be one of the largest employee-owned businesses in the UK and work across offices in the UK and Ireland.
Salary and Benefits
* Competitive salary range £26,500 to £29,000 pro rata (dependent on experience).
* 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with opportunity to buy additional days).
* Volunteer Days (2 days).
* Pension - 5% employee, 5% employer.
* Healthcare Cash Plan, including 3 x salary life assurance.
* Annual salary review and Refer a Friend Scheme.
* Free access to BenefitHub (retail discounts), cycle-to-work scheme, and additional voluntary benefits.
* Opportunity for career progression.
Requirements
* Resilience, empathy, and adaptability.
* Ability to work in challenging environments and travel as required.
* Able to comply with DBS requirements and safeguarding policies.
#J-18808-Ljbffr