Location
Havering, Close to Harold Wood Elizabeth Line station. This service has step free access.

Hours
37.5 hours per week Monday to Sunday on a rota varying between 20:00 - 09:30. You may be required to work outside these hours including evenings, days and bank holidays and other times as per resident and service requirements.

Salary
£28,800 per annum

About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Coach to join our Independent Approved Premises (IAP) covering the night shift on a rolling rota. You will play a key role in supporting our residents who have left prison and are based within a residential setting to reintegrate into the community. You will develop and engage with our residents to produce tailored support plans which support their individual needs in successful rehabilitation and reintegration within the community. You will identify their needs, goals and skills, and then support and motivate them to achieve their potential. The service holds a strong focus on public protection and effective risk management.

Key Responsibilities Include:
- Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of residents at all times
- Engaging with residents throughout the night, ensuring they are adhering to their license conditions. This may include planning activities to engage with them such as movie nights, games nights, and other applicable activities
- Being a valued and reliable member of the team on the night shift, completing handovers for day colleagues for a seamless service
- Building trusting professional relationships with residents, helping them to achieve their goals and aspirations through tailored one to one sessions, group sessions, in and out of service activities, and general wellbeing check ins
- Focusing on empowering our residents to take control over their lives and meet their personal goals
- Keeping support plans updated on our online portals as appropriate

About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We operate across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.

We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.

Additional Information
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be considered at the early stages.

As part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, and some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, so please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying.

Experience
Comfortable working within the criminal justice setting and supporting residents to access tools and resources to enhance their quality of life after release from prison. Understanding of the housing and social needs of people recently released from prison is essential.

About You
- Ability to build meaningful professional relationships and rapport with people from varying backgrounds
- Ability to create tailored support plans to support rehabilitation and reintegration within the community
- Cultural awareness, self-awareness, and ability to identify personal growth areas and take feedback
- Ability to use IT systems to record case notes, email relevant people, and use other software required within the role
- Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents
- Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency
- Adaptability, proactiveness, and confidence within your own skillset and ability to drive meaningful impact

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are stated; however, relevant experience and a passion to make a difference in safer communities are required.