Wellbeing Key Worker
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Wellbeing Key Worker (5138)
The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] (GC) Justice Services team have an exciting opportunity for a Wellbeing Key Worker to deliver a range of interventions supporting emotional wellbeing, social integration and improved lifestyle choices for men under the supervision of The Probation Service.
We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout South Yorkshire, by offering men under the supervision of the Probation Service the support necessary to live a healthy life.
This role will be based in Doncaster but may require travel across other areas of South Yorkshire.
- Location: Doncaster
- Contract type: Permanent/ Full-time
- Salary: £27,500 rising £30,000 after probation completion
- Closing Date: 12/05/2026
- Ref No: 5138
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure service users receive a personalised Wellbeing offer that meets individual needs/levels of complexity.
- Manage a wide range of service users, by caseload to achieve targets.
- Complete comprehensive assessments.
- Identify, develop, and maintain effective relationships with key local services to support service users, including signposting, case conferencing.
- Deliver support to service users via appropriate channels, including digital, group workshops and face-to-face sessions.
- Produce high-quality service user action plans.
- Plan, deliver and evaluate group sessions for service users.
- Ensure Wellbeing contract compliance.
- Take part in observations, assess own delivery, and act on feedback, including undertaking CPD.
About You
- Experience of managing a caseload of service users to support them with improving their wellbeing.
- Detailed knowledge of the local health and wellbeing support landscape (statutory and community).
- Able to work in a target-driven environment, with a focus on the successful achievement of outcomes.
- Ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions.
- Recent experience of delivering personal wellbeing progressions and outcomes, particularly in a Criminal Justice setting.
- Undertake supervision and observations desirable, although training provided.
- Strong interpersonal skills - service user contact, team and partnership working.
- Full UK Drivers Licence and access to use of a vehicle.
Essential Skills
- Level 3 Substance Misuse Awareness.
- Counselling Skills for Health Professionals.
- ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Training.
- Experience working with victims and perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.
Additional Information
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.
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