Project Worker - HMP Styal
| Posting date: | 25 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £26,742 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 April 2026 |
| Location: | Cheshire, North West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | PSS (UK) |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
What you’ll do as a Women’s Turnaround project worker
As a project worker you’ll support people to turn their lives around, totally offering 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
Offering the people you support immediate and/or urgent support within a custodial setting and following up in community locations.
Completing assessments with women, action plans alongside them that offer a range of interventions to meet their needs.
Working directly with probation/prison staff and other agencies to facilitate resettlement planning and meetings.
Referring and signposting the people who use out service to other support options upon their release.
Offering the people you support a range of interventions to look at a wide range of pathway areas.
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 and / or social care sector. Experience of providing structured support to individuals is essential and a Level 2 Diploma in Social Care or a comparable qualification is desirable.
You will also need a full driver’s license and use of own vehicle.
Above all, we need someone who believes that every person should have the chance to improve their lives and will support people to achieve their hopes and dreams.
This post is exempt under schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
In the event that you are offered the above position, an Enhanced Disclosure will be required, and the role will be subject to Enhanced Level 1 Prison Vetting.
As a project worker you’ll support people to turn their lives around, totally offering 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
Offering the people you support immediate and/or urgent support within a custodial setting and following up in community locations.
Completing assessments with women, action plans alongside them that offer a range of interventions to meet their needs.
Working directly with probation/prison staff and other agencies to facilitate resettlement planning and meetings.
Referring and signposting the people who use out service to other support options upon their release.
Offering the people you support a range of interventions to look at a wide range of pathway areas.
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 and / or social care sector. Experience of providing structured support to individuals is essential and a Level 2 Diploma in Social Care or a comparable qualification is desirable.
You will also need a full driver’s license and use of own vehicle.
Above all, we need someone who believes that every person should have the chance to improve their lives and will support people to achieve their hopes and dreams.
This post is exempt under schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
In the event that you are offered the above position, an Enhanced Disclosure will be required, and the role will be subject to Enhanced Level 1 Prison Vetting.