Are you passionate about helping people? Then take a look at this opportunity to join our team as a Personal Wellbeing Coach!
Working as part of our Personal Wellbeing Team, you’ll support offenders both in custody and as they reintegrate into society. Focusing on their wellbeing and lifestyle, you’ll provide a tailored service ensuring they have the skills and confidence they need to live successfully in the community. You’ll give in-depth advice and support, so we’ll need your ability to motivate others and facilitate learning to change attitudes and behaviour, with the aim to avoid the possibility of re-offending.
Our successful candidate will ideally have lived experience of the criminal justice system (as an ex-service user) or will have worked as a peer mentor within a prison/probation environment,
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of £24,650 up to £29,000 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:
25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days)
2 Volunteer Days
Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
Annual salary review
Refer a friend scheme
Free access to Benefit Hub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme, and additional voluntary benefits
Location: Cheshire
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 23 December 2024
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and embed a high-quality performance culture in which professional standards are upheld and participants enabled to achieve positive change
* Action referrals received from Probation Practitioners and other relevant staff within the timescales of the contract
* Undertake any required skills training in order to enhance group-work delivery
* Update and maintain an electronic database to record service user attendance and achievement and generate statistics and prepare reports and case studies to demonstrate this
Skills and Experience
* Lived experience of the criminal justice system (as an ex-service user) and/or recovery from (for example) substance misuse, street homelessness, mental illness - desirable
* Previous experience of working as a peer mentor within the prison environment, probation setting or charity, or as a community volunteer - desirable
* Experience in working with groups or individuals in order to motivate and change behaviour.
* Experience working with a variety of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties
* Advocacy skills