• 501641
• Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
• Justice
• Justice
• Full Time / Fixed Term Contract
• Opening on: Aug 29 2025
• Closing on: Sep 26 2025
  In Custody Careers Advisor (CIAG)
  Salary: From £24,806 pa plus benefits
  Location: HMP New Hall
  Contract: Full time fixed term for 9 months
  We’re looking for a dedicated Careers Information Advice and Guidance Advisor to join our team - a crucial role in supporting individuals inside a custodial setting by providing tailored career advice, guidance, and support. This role aims to empower prisoners to identify their career aspirations, develop their skills, and leverage their strengths to prepare for successful reintegration into society upon release.

ABOUT INGEUS:

We pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive culture where everyone is treated with dignity, valued for their contributions, and encouraged to grow. We are committed to Supporting neurodiverse candidates and offer a clear and accessible application, screening, and interview process. Please contact us via email at jkumar@ingeus.co.uk for further details.
If you think you have what it takes, don’t delay and apply today - If we receive enough applications, this role may close early.
Careers Information Advice and Guidance Advisor
Salary: £24,806 pa plus benefits
Location: HMP Lindholme (Doncaster)
Contract: Permanent
We’re looking for a dedicated Careers Information Advice and Guidance Advisor to join our team - a crucial role in supporting individuals inside a custodial setting by providing tailored career advice, guidance, and support. This role aims to empower prisoners to identify their career aspirations, develop their skills, and leverage their strengths to prepare for successful reintegration into society upon release.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will provide tailored careers advice and guidance to female prisoners through both one-to-one sessions and group workshops. You will create and manage personalised learning plans to help prisoners to identify and work towards their goals during custody and in preparation for release. Your role will support rehabilitation by equipping individuals with the skills, qualifications, and opportunities needed to secure employment or further training upon release.
You will organise opportunities for prisoners to connect with employers and participate in employment related activities. Through your support, prisoners will be encouraged to take meaningful steps towards long-term career development and positive reintegration into the community.
This is a demanding yet deeply rewarding role. You’ll be working in a challenging environment with individuals who have complex needs and may be hesitant to engage. However, when you help someone break the cycle and take real steps towards transforming their life, the impact is truly life-changing—for them and for you.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Facilitation: Delivery of engaging sessions to groups of participants around topics such as employability skills, career planning and effective disclosure. Ensuring that goals are realistic and consider any barriers to employment sectors due to the nature of certain types of convictions.
• Relationship Building: Foster genuine, trusting, and non-judgemental relationships with participants creating a safe space for personal growth.
• Stakeholder management: Engage with prison education departments, training providers, employers and probation services to create employment pathways.
• Caseload management: Conduct one-to-one assessments to identify prisoners’ skills, career aspirations and training needs and develop a Prisoner Learning Plan (PLP) and effectively manage your caseload to achieve sustained employment, training, education and completion of prison employment outcomes.
• Quality Recording: Work towards agreed KPIs, targets, ensuring quality assurance standards in accordance with the service provider are met.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will provide tailored careers advice and guidance to prisoners through both one-to-one sessions and group workshops. You will create and manage personalised learning plans to help prisoners to identify and work towards their goals during custody and in preparation for release. Your role will support rehabilitation by equipping individuals with the skills, qualifications, and opportunities needed to secure employment or further training upon release.
You will organise opportunities for prisoners to connect with employers and particate in employment related activities. Through your support, prisoners will be encouraged to take meaningful steps towards long-term career development and positive reintegration into the community.
This is a demanding yet deeply rewarding role. You’ll be working in a challenging environment with individuals who have complex needs and may be hesitant to engage. However, when you help someone break the cycle and take real steps towards transforming their life, the impact is truly life-changing—for them and for you.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Facilitation: Delivery of engaging sessions to groups of participants around topics such as employability skills, career planning and effective disclosure. ensuring that goals are realistic and consider any barriers to employment sectors due to the nature of certain types of convictions.
• Relationship Building: Foster genuine, trusting, and non-judgemental relationships with participants creating a safe space for personal growth.
• Stakeholder management: Engage with prison education departments, training providers, employers and probation services to create employment pathways.
• Caseload management: Conduct one-to-one assessments to identify prisoners’ skills, career aspirations and training needs and develop a Prisoner Learning Plan (PLP) and effectively manage your caseload to achieve sustained employment, training, education and completion of prison employment outcomes.
• Quality Recording: Work towards agreed KPIs, targets, ensuring quality assurance standards in accordance with the service provider are met.