Team Leader - Personal Well-being

This post presents an exciting opportunity to become a Team Leader within our Personal Wellbeing service. Commissioned by HMPPS these services are focused on supporting adult male ex-offenders across the following pathways:

Family and Significant Others

Lifestyle and Associates

Emotional Wellbeing Services

Social Inclusion

Your role is to provide line management and motivate a team of Frontline Practitioners to achieve our Business Plan objectives to: innovate, revitalise and reform the delivery of Justice Services.

This role will involve working in close partnership with delivery partners, HMPPS, Voluntary Sector and other Criminal Justice organisations to promote and deliver our services and achieve the required outputs and outcomes.

You will be responsible for ensuring all services are mobilised in accordance with contractual deadlines, service deliverables are contractually compliant and meet Catch22’s reporting mechanisms. Furthermore, you will take a pivotal role co-designing innovative and engaging service provisions to ensure best practice and leading-edge services are available to all service users.

You will be accountable for creating an environment in which staff are engaged and empowered to achieve greater impact and understand the strategic vision of Catch22. You will proactively promote the values, aims and objectives of Catch22 and show understanding and commitment to the needs of service users and their local communities and how Catch22 Justice services can most effectively address these needs.

• A relevant qualification in offender rehabilitation or related fields, such as criminology, criminal justice, social care, or mental health.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Proven management and leadership experience, with a track record of achieving outcomes on time and within budget.
• Strong knowledge of offender rehabilitation models, risk management, and relevant legislation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) and producing reports.
• Excellent communication, engagement, and motivational skills to support effective team and partnership working.
• A commitment to diversity, inclusion, and creating a positive team culture.
• Flexibility to travel and undertake training as needed.

Important information about this opportunity

Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review Job Description & Person Specification to find out more. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact recruitment@catch-22.org.uk.

Location: This role is based in Thames Valley, Oxfordshire

Preferences for successful candidates will be considered but are not always guaranteed.

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting check, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.

Working patterns: Monday to Friday.

To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note, in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role, submitted applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role, to be considered for this position.

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 the opportunity Information Pack for more information.

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

This allows us to have a highly experienced management group and provides development opportunities for those in our much valued front-line.

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

At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career.

We believe that with effective support mechanisms and the correct interventions, we can change service user’s ideology, helping them desist from crime and reach their true potential.