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Project Worker - Criminal Justice, London
Client: Catch22
Location: London, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
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Posted:
14.02.2025
Expiry Date:
31.03.2025
Job Description:
This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a Criminal Justice Project worker to work across Catch22’s London based Justice services, which includes:
* HMP Thameside Offender Management Unit
* Personal Wellbeing service
* Finance Benefit & Debt service
* Dependency & Recovery service
* HMP Wandsworth Foreign Nationals service
* London Gang Exit service
* Prison Violence Reduction
* CYP Victims
This role aims to provide additional support and resilience to these services by being deployed to services on a temporary basis to support with operational delivery of frontline support services across London.
The role presents an exciting opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of Justice related tasks across our custodial and community estates, all services focused around providing person-centred support to address criminogenic needs, build capacity and motivate individuals to live crime-free lives.
The successful candidates will gain exposure to a wide range of stakeholders and delivery models. Furthermore, they will benefit from extensive training and development opportunities making it the perfect opportunity for an individual keen to develop within the sector.
This role will involve working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations. The role will be based both within the community and prisons and will require travel across various delivery sites across London (which will be reimbursed).
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
* A confident and professional approach to supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds who may present with multiple difficulties.
* Resilient, flexible & adaptable outlook.
* Willingness to work on a multi-site, multi-location basis.
* A passion for supporting others.
* Ability to motivate service users in their ability to change through both one-to-one & group work interventions.
* Able to work in challenging environments whilst maintaining a motivational approach.
Additional Information
Contract: Permanent
Hours & work pattern: Full time, 38 hours per week.
Salary: £32,000
Location: Areas across Greater London
Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have the right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas.
Proactive Recruitment Strategy: We are proactively recruiting to build a pool of pre-cleared candidates for future vacancies. While we may not be able to offer an immediate role, successful applicants will undergo all relevant pre-employment checks, enabling them to join our workforce promptly when a position becomes available. This approach is based on expected leavers over the coming 3-month period and ensures a smooth transition into the team as opportunities arise.
To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note, in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role, submitted applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role to be considered for this position.
Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box: Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see the Opportunity Information Pack for more information.
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Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.
At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.
At Catch22 we are proud of our commitment to supporting people develop in their careers and progress in our organisation. In 2024, within our Justice Hub, we have 68% of those in management roles that originally joined Catch22 in the frontline workforce and some worked across a number of roles and Leadership positions before joining management. This allows us to have a highly experienced management group and provides development opportunities for those in our much valued front-line.
Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.
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