CFO Evolution Justice Service Support Worker

The Growth Company's (GC) Justice Services team are looking for a CFO Evolution Justice Services Support Worker to deliver rehabilitation and Employment Training and Education support for individuals and groups within our CFO Evolution Programme within our Community Activity Hub.   

You will be dual trained as a Support Worker and Activity Facilitator, providing advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring and support to a caseload of participants via regular 1:1 meetings and group interventions as appropriate.

Our highly skilled advisers and keyworkers work with a range of individuals; from people who have found themselves recently out of work, to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health and debt.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess individual learning needs and formulate tailored action plans.

• Design and deliver bespoke training sessions and targeted interventions for each participant.

• Guide participants in accessing and effectively utilising relevant information and resources.

• Accurately document all interventions, participant activities, and progress using the CRM system; coordinate subsequent actions with internal teams and external stakeholders.

• Provide ongoing support to help participants implement their personal development plans.

• Deliver additional one-to-one interventions as needed, offering guidance on pathways and empowering individuals to make informed choices.

• Facilitate group-based learning activities to boost communication skills, social confidence, and employability through interactive workshops and presentations.

• Identify suitable job opportunities and actively broker matches between participants and potential employers.

About You

• Working with offenders, or those disaffected and marginalised from mainstream services, in training, guidance, advice and counselling environments.

• Have strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.

• Ability to work in a target-driven environment, with a focus on the successful achievement of outcomes for participants.

• High level guidance skills, with the ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions to at least Grade 2 standard.

• A warm, approachable empathetic style and the ability to establish a rapport and build relationships with participants that supports their progression to education, training and employment and facilitates desistance from crime.

Skills Required

• Information Advice and Guidance and / or teaching qualifications, (or equivalent), desired, but experience working intensively with individuals and supporting their progression is most important.

• Knowledge regarding the issues affecting the rehabilitation of offenders, and desistance theory.

• Knowledge of National Probation Services or HM Prison environments and/or training, education, and employment opportunities locally and nationally, and of training and guidance.

• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. 

We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.

Artificial intelligence can assist you during the application process, but every example and statement you include must be honest, accurate, and based on your own real experiences. If plagiarism is detected, meaning you present someone else’s ideas or experiences, or AI‑generated content, as your own, your application may be withdrawn, and internal applicants could face disciplinary action.

At GC, safeguarding the welfare of all individuals including vulnerable adults and young people is a top priority, and we expect all staff to uphold this standard. All appointments follow Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd), at no cost to the successful candidate.

Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.