Wellbeing Practitioner (Hiring Immediately)

Company Description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

Social Justice

In Social Justice , we work with young people and adults in custody and in the community, providing a range of services including offender management and resettlement, mentoring, veterans in custody, victim services, gangs work, and youth justice. We believe that with effective support mechanisms, and the correct interventions, we can change the ideology of service users, helping them to desist from crime, and reach their true potential.

Personal Wellbeing

This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a frontline practitioner, within our Personal Wellbeing services, in the London region. Commissioned by HMPPS, these services are focused on supporting adult male ex-offenders across the following four pathways:

• Family and Significant Others
• Lifestyle and Associates
• Emotional Wellbeing Services
• Social Inclusion

Job Description

This role is based in our South London Cluster with the main hub and office being in Croydon. This area also covers Merton, Sutton and Richmond. It is a requirements to attend delivery spaces and probation offices in these areas.

About You

• Confident, professional, and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in challenging environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and manage great working relationships, sharing knowledge and skills to deliver shared goals.
• Able to effectively motivate and support service users in their ability to change, through both one to one and groupwork interventions.
• Able to identify and recognise risk, and act according to risk management procedures, to enable service users to manage their own safety, and the safety of others.
• Able to proactively manage a caseload of service users, utilising digital systems, and appropriately sharing information, with excellent attention to detail when recording work and meeting deadlines.

About the role

The role of Wellbeing Practitioner is an excellent opportunity to directly support service users in addressing their needs, and improving their prospects, as a positive influence for change.

• Managing a caseload of service users, completing ongoing assessments and management of individual needs, capacity, opportunity, and motivation to rehabilitate.
• Delivering interventions to support rehabilitation.
• Working in partnership with a range of local providers, taking account of available risk information.
• Working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, the Voluntary Sector, and other Criminal Justice organisations.

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Qualifications

• Good basic education, including Maths and English GCSE, or equivalent.
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office - Word and Excel.
• Desirable: Any qualification relevant to working with those in Criminal Justice System, for example criminology/ criminal justice/ social care/ mental health/ IAG/ Family.

Additional Information

Salary: £30,277.68 per annum
Hours of work: Full time, 38 hours per week

The salary shown reflects the band for this role, with the final offer taking account of experience and relevant skills.

*Recruitment for this role will include a 2-part recruitment process - group interviews based on skills, and then if successful, a competency panel interview.
*This is a community-based role, with travel across various delivery and training sites across London.

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 our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.

Whilst we are fully committed to creating opportunities for people with convictions, some roles at Catch22 are subject to external vetting requirements. Where an applicant is unable to meet these requirements, this may affect our ability to appoint them to that particular role. Where possible, we will provide support and guidance to explore other suitable opportunities within the organisation.

Eligibility is considered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account factors such as the nature and seriousness of the offence, when it occurred, evidence of rehabilitation, current risk assessments and the specific requirements of the role.

Vetting Requirements
This role is subject to the satisfactory completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include HMPPS vetting, NPPV, or other role-specific security clearances.

Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the successful outcome of these checks. Where clearance is not granted, or is subsequently withdrawn, Catch22 reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment .

Social Media Search

Please note, we may conduct an online search as part of our due diligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.

Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service.
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%.
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 GP and Counselling services
• Rewards Hub - Discounted shopping and cashback opportunities
• Ability to Enrol on Catch22' Mentoring Network for Professional and Personal Development

Catch22 Justice requests no contact from agencies or media sales

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.