Employment Support Officer

We are recruiting for a Peripatetic Employment Coach in vacant locations to manage a caseload of participants in custody, and community, providing high quality support and guidance, enabling participants to engage and break down barriers to successful resettlement, achieve agreed milestones and develop enhanced skillsets, leading them into an ultimate goal of sustainable employment.

Location: Oxford, however, the post holder will be required to cover more than one delivery location based on need and demand; this will include all custody and community sites across the Thames Valley area. All candidates subject to DBS/prison vetting.

Salary: £26,000 - £31,500 per annum

We are looking for people who have:

·An understanding of the barriers faced by prisoners/prison leavers with multiple and/or complex needs in relation to reintegration back into society

·Ability to work with and manage challenging behaviour

·Ability to maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with partnership agencies

·Demonstrable experience of successfully working to targets

·Demonstrable experience of motivating and supporting individuals with multiple and complex needs to overcome barriers and progress towards future goals of education, training and employment

·Good verbal, presentation and written skills and ability to communicate concisely and effectively

Employee Benefits:

·25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday

·2 days paid volunteering leave each year

·An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months

·Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate

·Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes

·Opportunities to connect with our employee networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network, Men’s Network, Young Professionals Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, Neurodiversity Network)

·Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Due to the high volume of applications Recruited UK receives, we will make every effort to respond with feedback although this is not always possible. If you have not been contacted within 5 days, then unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but we may keep your details on file and contact you with future opportunities.

If interested, please apply with your most updated CV.