Location: Essex
Salary: GBP 24,000 per annum
Adults have a proven reoffending rate of 25%. Forward Trust is on a mission to change that because we believe another life is possible.
We support People on Probation in Essex to successfully complete their Probation Supervision, stop offending, and live their potential. Delivering interventions and providing support so that they build relationships with their community, other services, pro-social friends, families, and themselves. Building a crime-free life stops the cycle of harm.
What You Will Be Doing
We are looking for more people who share our vision to join our Supporting People on Probation Team in Essex as a Supporting People on Probation Navigator. You might have worked in prisons, probation, police, or the courts before. You could be a psychology graduate, life coach, counsellor, or psychotherapist. You might have worked in education, social services, health, or social prescribing, or maybe you were or are a foster carer. Perhaps right now, you are able to bring different life skills and experiences that are transferable. The important thing is that you really enjoy working with others, are good at building rapport, are passionate about making a difference, and believe that everyone can turn their life around. Join us as a Supporting People on Probation Navigator at Forward Trust, make a difference to individual lives whilst building your career in a leading charity that proves every day that another life is possible. We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past.
Our People on Probation Interventions help adult men understand their lifestyle and associates, their family and significant other relationships, their emotional wellbeing, and how to overcome social exclusion. You will walk alongside them as they navigate the consequences of their crimes on their relationships and themselves, leave behind relationships that lead to offending, and repair and build relationships that move them forward to another life.
In Essex, we work alongside the Probation Service within the Colchester, Chelmsford, Harlow, and Basildon probation offices and we also use community spaces like the Gemini Centre in Chelmsford or Carraway House in Basildon. A full UK driving license is desirable for this role as travel between venues is essential. A workday for you might include facilitating a group music intervention, checking on the progress of a community allotment project, meeting someone prior to being released from prison, delivering a 1:1 with a Service User experiencing family breakdown, taking someone to the Doctors for the first time in their adult life, and finishing the day taking the winning penalty in a game of football: nice shot by the way.
It's important work, and with it comes responsibility. You will have close relationships with Probation Practitioners and will agree with them and your Service Users their Action Plans and interventions. These form part of your Service Users' enforceable sentence conditions. Some of your clients are vulnerable in their mental and physical health, and for all of them, there are consequences if they are unsuccessful. Therefore, you will make every contact matter and keep excellent records. We provide training and support, but we need you to understand and be highly motivated to engage with all aspects of this role right from your application.
The Job
1. Supporting People on Probation Navigator: Essex.
2. 35 hrs per week. We welcome family-friendly / student-friendly applications / pro-rata applications; state your availability on your application, and we can discuss at interview.
3. You will be based within one of the Colchester, Chelmsford, Harlow, or Basildon probation offices and will also be required to travel to our community spaces like the Gemini Centre in Chelmsford.
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