Overview
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Location: Isle of Wight with travel to other areas within Hampshire. This position is based primarily on the Isle of Wight and may require travel.
Company Description
At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. In Social 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
This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a multi skilled Wellbeing Practitioner at our Personal Wellbeing service, covering the Hampshire & IOW area. Commissioned by HMPPS, these services are focused on supporting adult male ex-offenders across the following pathways: Family and Significant Others, Lifestyle and Associates, Emotional Wellbeing Services, Social Inclusion.
Your role will support service users, increasing their knowledge of how to access appropriate support. You will also support service users to increase capacity to undertake activities to support daily living and advocate for service users in conjunction with multi-agency partners to engage with treatment and other professionals/services (MH teams/support groups). You will support our team in achieving our Justice Business Plan objectives: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services. You’ll work in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver our services and achieve the required outputs and outcomes.
Responsibilities
* Support service users to access appropriate support and increase capacity for daily living activities.
* Advocate for service users with multi-agency partners to engage with treatment and other professionals/services (MH teams, support groups).
* Collaborate with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver services and achieve outputs/outcomes.
* Contribute to achieving Catch22’s Justice Business Plan objectives: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services.
Qualifications
Essential
* Valid UK driving license, and access to a vehicle.
* Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE, or equivalent.
* Evidence of continual professional development.
* Experience of working with Microsoft Office – Word and Excel.
Desirable
* Qualification relevant to rehabilitation of offenders, for example criminology/ criminal justice/ social care/ mental health/ IAG/ family services/ emotional wellbeing/ social inclusion.
Additional Information
Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review the Job Description & Person Specification to find out more. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact [email protected].
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.
Salary: £25,585
Location: Community Hubs in Isle of Wight, and some travel around Hampshire
Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting check, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.
Recruitment Approach: Proactive recruitment to build a pool of pre-cleared candidates for future vacancies. Applicants will undergo all relevant pre-employment checks and may join the workforce when a position becomes available.
To Apply
Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role to be considered.
AI-generated applications are not acceptable and could lead to disqualification across Catch22 jobs. Our teams may use tools to identify dishonest responses during the application process.
Commitments
Catch22’s Commitment to Opportunity & Progression: We support career development and progression within the organisation.
Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box: We do not ask for criminal convictions at the application stage. Disclosures are invited at interview and encouraged at the offer stage. See the opportunity Information Pack for more information.
Closing Date
Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified; early application is strongly advised.
Contacts
Catch22 Justice requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; all applicants are checked in accordance with our policy.
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