Project Workers
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £26,742 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cheshire, North West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | PSS (UK) |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | PWC022026 |
Summary
What you’ll do as a Women’s Turnaround project worker
You’ll join a dynamic new team to work with female offenders with complex needs, in custody for pre-release support and in the community across Cheshire , working in the main in Cheshire East area. You’ll assist with launching the service into a brand-new region and have an exciting part to play in shaping our future. As a project worker you’ll support people to turn their lives around, offering totally person-shaped support based around the unique and complex needs of every woman you work with. You’ll consider the needs of the individual, the complexity of their situation, any associated risks and offence-related issues. A commitment to treating people with dignity and respect is essential as you support people to understand their offending behaviours and reduce their chances of reoffending in the future.
You’ll take your responsibilities very seriously, focusing on:
Being a people person
Completing assessments with women and creating detailed holistic support plans alongside them.
Offering the people you support a range of holistic activities and interventions on a one-to-one and group basis. These will look at a wide range of pathway areas and happen in the community and in custodial settings like prisons.
Providing practical and emotional support where needed; accompanying women to court, appointments and pre-release preparation meetings.
Referring and signposting the people who use our service to other support options in their community.
Offering flexibility for the people you support and travelling between locations to support them.
Keeping up a great standard
Maintaining case records and other documentation using case management systems and contributing to the collation of data needed for quality monitoring purposes.
Ensuring that both Local Authority and PSS Safeguarding policies, procedures and protocols are fully understood and put into practice.
Making sure that activities and interventions follow all the relevant policies and procedures and comply with court orders and legal framework.
Supporting our service to shine
Networking and liaising with colleagues within the probation service, the criminal justice system, prisons and elsewhere to establish and maintain strong partnership working.
Empowering the people we support to shape our service through co-production.
What do I need for this role?
We need people who live up to our values of being: genuine, big-hearted, open-minded, determined and professional. You’ll need to be committed to supporting women and improving their life opportunities and have experience of working with women with multiple and complex needs as well as experience of working in the criminal justice system. A Level 2 Diploma in Social Care or a comparable qualification is also required in addition to experience of providing structured support to individuals.
You will also need a full, clean driver's license.
Above all, we need someone who believes that every person should have the chance to improve their lives and will help people to achieve their hopes and dreams.
This post is exempt under Schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
If you are offered the above position, an Enhanced Disclosure will be required, and the role will be subject to Enhanced Level 1 Prison Vetting.
You’ll join a dynamic new team to work with female offenders with complex needs, in custody for pre-release support and in the community across Cheshire , working in the main in Cheshire East area. You’ll assist with launching the service into a brand-new region and have an exciting part to play in shaping our future. As a project worker you’ll support people to turn their lives around, offering totally person-shaped support based around the unique and complex needs of every woman you work with. You’ll consider the needs of the individual, the complexity of their situation, any associated risks and offence-related issues. A commitment to treating people with dignity and respect is essential as you support people to understand their offending behaviours and reduce their chances of reoffending in the future.
You’ll take your responsibilities very seriously, focusing on:
Being a people person
Completing assessments with women and creating detailed holistic support plans alongside them.
Offering the people you support a range of holistic activities and interventions on a one-to-one and group basis. These will look at a wide range of pathway areas and happen in the community and in custodial settings like prisons.
Providing practical and emotional support where needed; accompanying women to court, appointments and pre-release preparation meetings.
Referring and signposting the people who use our service to other support options in their community.
Offering flexibility for the people you support and travelling between locations to support them.
Keeping up a great standard
Maintaining case records and other documentation using case management systems and contributing to the collation of data needed for quality monitoring purposes.
Ensuring that both Local Authority and PSS Safeguarding policies, procedures and protocols are fully understood and put into practice.
Making sure that activities and interventions follow all the relevant policies and procedures and comply with court orders and legal framework.
Supporting our service to shine
Networking and liaising with colleagues within the probation service, the criminal justice system, prisons and elsewhere to establish and maintain strong partnership working.
Empowering the people we support to shape our service through co-production.
What do I need for this role?
We need people who live up to our values of being: genuine, big-hearted, open-minded, determined and professional. You’ll need to be committed to supporting women and improving their life opportunities and have experience of working with women with multiple and complex needs as well as experience of working in the criminal justice system. A Level 2 Diploma in Social Care or a comparable qualification is also required in addition to experience of providing structured support to individuals.
You will also need a full, clean driver's license.
Above all, we need someone who believes that every person should have the chance to improve their lives and will help people to achieve their hopes and dreams.
This post is exempt under Schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
If you are offered the above position, an Enhanced Disclosure will be required, and the role will be subject to Enhanced Level 1 Prison Vetting.