Salary: £27,145
Location: HMP Leeds
Contract: Full Time Permanent
About the Role
We are looking for a dedicated Careers Information Advice and Guidance Advisor in Custody to support prisoners with tailored career advice, guidance, and support. The role aims to empower prisoners to identify career aspirations, develop skills, and prepare for successful reintegration into society upon release.
What You'll Be Doing
* Caseload management: Conduct one-to-one assessments, develop Prisoner Learning Plans (PLP), and manage caseload for sustained employment, training, education, and completion of prison employment outcomes.
* Facilitation: Deliver engaging sessions to groups on employability skills, career planning, and effective disclosure. Ensure goals are realistic and consider barriers due to convictions.
* Relationship Building: Foster genuine, trusting, non-judgemental relationships with participants, creating a safe space for personal growth.
* Stakeholder management: Engage with prison education departments, training providers, employers and probation services to create employment pathways.
* Quality Recording: Work towards agreed KPIs and targets, ensuring quality assurance standards are met.
What We Are Looking For
* Experience delivering guidance, support or advisory services to individuals.
* Ability to assess individual needs and develop action plans to support progression.
* Experience managing a caseload and working towards agreed targets or outcomes.
* Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage, motivate and influence a diverse range of individuals.
* Experience working with individuals facing barriers to employment or education.
* Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and manage competing demands.
* Hold a Level 3 or Level 4 Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) qualification, or be willing to work towards this.
Benefits
* 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (option to trade for additional leave).
* EAP support programme with 24/7 access and 6 free counselling sessions.
* Private medical insurance and life assurance.
* Up to 2 days of community giving (volunteering) each year.
* Eyecare vouchers.
* Online shopping discounts.
* Cycle to Work scheme and travel season ticket loan.
* Long service awards.
* Salary finance offering financial education and advice.
* Opportunity to purchase extra benefits such as critical illness cover and dental insurance.
Enhanced DBS check and HMPPS EL1 vetting required. Successful candidates will be offered a start date at least 6 weeks from offer.
Salary: £27,145 per annum, with pension, life insurance and health insurance included.
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