Job Role
We’re hiring a Custody and Community Support Worker (Peripatetic) to join the CFO Evolution programme. In this role, you will carry out effective assessments, deliver tailored interventions, and build strong relationships with stakeholders within custodial settings. Your primary focus will be to support participants in identifying and addressing their individual needs, with the aim of reducing their risk of reoffending.
You’ll manage a caseload and provide coordinated oversight of risk, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding both adults and children. This includes promptly reporting any changes in individual risk to the Probation Service and adhering to established policies, procedures, and systems to ensure effective risk management.
From initial engagement and assessment, you will offer motivational support and guidance throughout participants’ sentences. You’ll deliver both one-to-one and group interventions to help individuals overcome barriers to reintegration. A key part of the role involves preparing participants for release, ensuring a smooth and well-supported transition back into the community.
The role will require you to work closely with peer mentors and volunteers to support caseload management and connect participants with vital services such as housing, substance misuse support, and physical and mental healthcare. Due to the peripatetic nature of this role, regular travel across the designated cluster is required for caseload management, service delivery, and attending internal and external meetings.
Flexibility to cover other locations within the South West region may also be necessary.
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we’re offering a competitive salary range £25,877 to £29,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:
Location: Dorset
Contact: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours a week. Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 5.00pm
Closing Date Closing Date 21 May 2026
Key Responsibilities
1. Manage a caseload across custody and community settings.
2. Complete assessments, pre-release support and tailored action plans, delivering one-to-one and group interventions.
3. Maintain accurate and timely records in line with contractual requirements.
4. Meet individual and team performance targets.
5. Manage risk and safeguarding, including reporting concerns to Probation.
6. Deliver interventions that support behaviour change, reduce reoffending and improve access to services.
7. Work with partners, mentors and volunteers to support participant needs.Ensure compliance with policies, regulations and data protection requirements.
8. Actively participate in, and promote Prevent and the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
9. Adhere to the company’s policies and procedures always, including safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, quality, health and safety and IT.
10. To undertake any other duties, as required, appropriate to the post.
Skills and Experience
11. Flexible and willing to travel across regions and work in both community and custodial settings.
12. Skilled at engaging and motivating individuals with complex needs to achieve positive change.Strong organisational and time management skills, able to manage multiple priorities and meet targets.
13. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and influence effective stakeholder relationships.
14. Resilient, proactive problem-solver with sound judgement and decision-making ability.Self-motivated team player, contributing to shared goals and continuous improvement.
Additional Information
is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts, including as CFO Activity Hubs, Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Approved Premises. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless their past choices or the challenges they face.
We are committed to combining our knowledge, skills and talents across the justice and social care sectors to deliver services and interventions that overcome the barriers that hold people back from living more fulfilled lives. Ultimately, our aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills needed to desist from offending, successfully reintegrate into to their local communities and address barriers to work.
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 will be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in anyway. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under” About us”
Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.