Working as part of our Personal Wellbeing Team, you’ll support offenders both in custody and as they reintegrate into society. Focusing on their wellbeing and lifestyle, you’ll provide a tailored service ensuring they have the skills and confidence they need to live successfully in the community. You’ll give in-depth advice and support, so we’ll need your ability to motivate others and facilitate learning to change attitudes and behaviour, with the aim to avoid the possibility of re-offending.
You’ll be on hand to provide a warm and welcoming experience to help them in their first steps into reintegration. Acting as an advocate, you’ll also ensure their voices are heard and that they have support in making decisions.
Our successful candidate will ideally have lived experience of the criminal justice system (as an ex-service user) or will have worked as a peer mentor within a prison/probation environment, however we are mainly looking for someone with an engaging personality who is comfortable working with a variety of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties.
This is a rewarding opportunity that will allow you to utilise your skills to influence, support and encourage others to maximise their potential to build a better future.
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of £25,877- £29,000 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:
25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days)
2 Volunteer Days
Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
Annual salary review
Refer a friend scheme
Free access to Benefit Hub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme, and additional voluntary benefits
Interested? There’s an easy-to-apply route below to upload your CV! If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on (phone number removed).
Communities and Education is part of an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally with our employee owners. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make.
Location: Hybrid working, managing cases across Cheshire Travel around the local area when required to attend meetings and participant appointments.
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Closing date for external applications is 07 April 2026
Key Responsibilities
Develop and embed a high-quality performance culture in which professional standards are upheld and participants enabled to achieve positive change
Action referrals received from Probation Practitioners and other relevant staff within the timescales of the contract
Undertake any required skills training in order to enhance group-work delivery
Update and maintain an electronic database to record service user attendance and achievement and generate statistics and prepare reports and case studies to demonstrate this.
Skills and Experience
Lived experience of the criminal justice system (as an ex-service user) and/or recovery from (for example) substance misuse, street homelessness, mental illness - desirable
Previous experience of working as a peer mentor within the prison environment, probation setting or charity, or as a community volunteer - desirable
Experience in working with groups or individuals in order to motivate and change behaviour.
Experience working with a variety of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties
Advocacy skills
Salary description
£25877.00 - £29000.00 per year