Reed in Partnership
public service
ExOffenderSupportWorker
“Ex-Offender Support Worker at Reed in Partnership. Skills: Advice, guidance and support. engaging people serving a community sentence or on licence from prison and providing services to aid them to lead law abiding lives and access mainstream activity.. provide one-to-one and group support to help programme participants overcome personal and work related barriers.”
What You'll Achieve.
positively transform people and their communities; help people from all backgrounds and circumstances to change their lives for the better; increase employment opportunities; aid them to lead law abiding lives and access mainstream activity; help programme participants overcome personal and work related barriers; work towards targets and guidelines in accordance with the programme obligations and Reed in Partnership processes.; progressing them to mainstream provisions; protect the public; strengthen participant protective factors; dramatically make a difference to the local community
Industry & Context.
Challenge and Resilience
willingness to travel on a daily basis is essential, Enhanced Level 1 Security Vetting Check, ID and proof of address checks, Enhanced DBS, referencing and checks of both spent & unspent cautions & convictions, willingness to travel locally, willingness to work flexible hours
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience of working in the Justice Sector, e. g. Ministry of Justice, Probation Service or working with offenders, Experience of working in a performance target driven environment., Experience of providing advice, guidance & support to a caseload of participants., A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma., GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). OR achievement of a Level 2 in Literacy Assessment at interview stage. OR International Equivalents., Support Workers attributes include Achievement Orientation, Accuracy Orientation, Advice and Guidance, Challenge and Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptability, Empathy and Empowerment, Honesty and Integrity, Planning and Decision Making, Selling and Influencing, and Team Orientation., Technical skills include administration skills, good computer/technology skills, basic numeracy skills and good written communication/record keeping skills., Personal interests include interest in people and willingness to learn., Personal circumstances include willingness to travel locally (e. g. to meet Participants/Partners).
Nice to Have
Experience of working in a fast paced environment., Degree or relevant qualification. Degree topics may include psychology, sociology, criminology, social care/science. Relevant qualifications would include Information Advice and Guidance NVQs, Brokerage Standard, Social Work qualifications or qualifications relating to work with the specific client groups this role will involve., Level 3 or 4 NVQ in Advice & Guidance or equivalent or Probation qualification., Fluency in community languages. Community languages may include Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Somali, Vietnamese, Dari, Yoruba, Turkish, French, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Guajarati, Polish, Serbian, Tamil and Greek (Dependent on programme)., Experience of the CATS+ system, or similar, Personal interests include interest in career and self-development., Personal circumstances include willingness to work flexible hours (e. g. to make retention calls, help run outreach activities outside of normal working hours), Fluency in more than one language
What You'll Do.
engaging people serving a community sentence or on licence from prison and providing services to aid them to lead law abiding lives and access mainstream activity.
provide one-to-one and group support to help programme participants overcome personal and work related barriers.
work towards targets and guidelines in accordance with the programme obligations and Reed in Partnership processes.
developing and maintaining relationships with front-line staff in referral organisations such as the National Probation Service.
conduct outreach activity to promote the programme to staff and potential participants including via events and briefing sessions.
plan for their appointments with Participants to ensure effective use of time
rapport building and an adequate two way exchange with the Participant.
identify Participants goals
barriers and needs either directly or through internal and external contacts.
help participants to identify suitable activities to support progression.
actively help participants to address their personal and work-related barriers with the aim of progressing them to mainstream provisions (such as drug and alcohol services
employment programmes etc. ) following their completion of the programme.
deliver specific interventions to participants
on both a one-to-one and a group basis.
ensure accurate and timely recording and review of all Participant details and requirements through every intervention.
Adherence to all administrative requirements of programme delivery is mandatory.
work with those responsible for Offender Management to regularly review participant risk management strategies in order to protect the public and agree work to strengthen participant protective factors.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work together
Communication Scope
good written communication/record keeping skills
Process & Methodology
Planning and Decision Making
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