CIAG Advisor
Salary: £27,000 - £29,000
The Role
We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for a Careers, Information, Advice, and Guidance (CIAG) Advisor at HMP Millsike. This position plays a vital role in supporting prisoners on their journey to successful reintegration, from induction through to release. Join us in providing personalised, high-quality CIAG that aligns each prisoner’s skills and ambitions with real-world opportunities like Release on Temporary Licence (RoTL) placements, training, apprenticeships, and employment
Purpose of the role
As a CIAG Advisor, you will play a crucial role in supporting learners by providing information and advice, ensuring that they are prepared to find and maintain employment opportunities. This is a challenging role however; you will play a huge role by making a difference in people’s lives.
As a CIAG Advisor, you will:
* Deliver Tailored CIAG Support: Provide 1:1 support at key stages, from induction to release, guiding prisoners in career planning, creating Digital Personal Learning Plans (DPLPs), and helping them prepare for life after release.
* Promote Job Readiness & Employment Preparation: Lead group sessions on CV writing, interview skills, job applications, and disclosure letters, empowering prisoners to secure and sustain employment.
* Collaborate with Employment Hub Partners: Work with the Employment Hub and other stakeholders, ensuring prisoners gain access to education, work experience, and training opportunities that boost employability.
* Facilitate RoTL Placements: Support the Prison Employment Lead in identifying and matching suitable RoTL placements and post-release vacancies to prisoners' career goals, preparing them for meaningful employment.
Requirements
* IAG qualification at Level 4 or above
* AET Qualification at Level 3 is desirable
* Experience in providing career guidance, ideally within criminal justice, education, or employability settings.
* Exceptional communication, mentoring, and organisational skills.
* A commitment to rehabilitation and helping individuals achieve their potential.
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Who We Are
Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people’s lives – every single day.
As part of The Staffline Group, we use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year.
Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, independent living, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow.
To put it simply, we:
* Support people to find and keep jobs
* Help people to set up their own businesses
* Deliver skills training to further people’s careers
* Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce
* Rehabilitate people with convictions
* Tackle the root causes of offending
* Help people to live independently
* Support carers
We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there’s real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.
Our Benefits
A paid PeoplePlus Life Event Day each year
25 days annual leave
Cycle to Work scheme
Access to hundreds of discounts via the Additions portal
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to online wellbeing centre
Enhanced Wedding leave
A paid volunteering day each year
Enhanced Maternity scheme
Sharesave scheme
Refer a Friend reward scheme
Holiday purchase scheme
Pension scheme
Life assurance