Job Description
Join our dynamic Personal Wellbeing services, commissioned by HMPPS, and help support adult male ex-offenders across four key pathways:
* Family and Significant Others
* Lifestyle and Associates
* Emotional Wellbeing Services
* Social Inclusion
As a Wellbeing Practitioner – Prison Lead, you will manage a caseload of service users, conducting assessments and delivering one-to-one and group interventions. You’ll work in close collaboration with HMPPS, voluntary organizations, and other justice partners to help individuals rehabilitate, reduce risks, and build better futures.
You will be based at one of our hubs with regular travel across your designated cluster. Available hubs: Tottenham, Croydon, Romford, Canning Town, Kings Cross, Brixton, Ealing, and Lewisham. (Please indicate your preferred base in your application.)
Qualifications
We’re looking for someone who is:
* Adaptable and professional: Comfortable working in challenging environments with a calm, confident approach.
* A strong communicator: Able to build effective working relationships and motivate service users.
* Risk-aware: Skilled at recognizing and managing risks to ensure safety for all.
* Organised and detail-oriented: Capable of managing a caseload, maintaining accurate records, and meeting deadlines.
* Impact-driven: Passionate about supporting individuals to make positive life changes.
Essential:
* Basic education, including GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).
* Evidence of continual professional development.
Desirable:
* Relevant qualifications in criminology, social care, mental health, or similar fields.
Additional Information
Important information about this opportunity
Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review Job Information Pack to find out more. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact recruitment@catch-22.org.uk.
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £27,911
Location: Community-based with travel across London.
Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS Enhanced Level 1 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.
To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note, in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role, submitted applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role, to be considered for this position.
Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box ”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see the opportunity Information Pack for more information.
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