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Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring support staff to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.
Support Worker in Custody – Activity FacilitatorWest Yorkshire
Up to £27,500 per annum
Permanent, Full-time


About the RoleReed Further Education is seeking a Support Worker in Custody – Activity Facilitator to join the Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) Evolution Programme. This is a dual role where you will provide one-to-one and group support to participants in custody, helping them prepare for release and successfully resettle into their communities.
You will design and deliver tailored activities, training programmes, and interventions that promote education, training, and employment, while supporting desistance from crime. This role involves close collaboration with HMPPS and other agencies, ensuring effective Through the Gate support and warm handovers to community services.
Key Responsibilities*Engage and case-manage participants on the CFO Evolution programme.
*Create action plans and deliver interventions to meet individual needs.
*Provide advocacy, mentoring, advice, and guidance.
*Monitor and track participant progress.
*Build strong relationships with prison staff and partner agencies.
*Facilitate group sessions and activities to at least Grade 2 standard.
*Complete pre-release inventories and plan for resettlement.
About You*Experience working with offenders or marginalised groups in guidance, advice, or counselling environments.
*Strong interpersonal skills with an empathetic, approachable style.
*Ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions effectively.
*Knowledge of issues affecting offender rehabilitation and desistance theory.
*Familiarity with prison or probation environments and local training/employment opportunities.
Desirable:
*Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) or teaching qualifications.


All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.
Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.


Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:
• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area
• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf
• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club
• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment
• Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.
• Great referral bonus’ (up to £200 per successful referral!)
• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning


To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking ’Apply Now’. Your application should demonstrate your passion for educational support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.


Not looking for a support role? We are also registering teachers, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.