Rehabilitation & Employability Trainer (In Custody) – HMP West Yorkshire

Location: West Yorkshire
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £27,500 rising to £30,000 after probation

Reed FE are proud to be working in partnership with a leading Justice Services provider to recruit an Rehabilitation & Employability Trainer (In Custody) – HMP West Yorkshire.

This is a highly rewarding opportunity to support individuals in custody to develop confidence, life skills, and positive behaviours, helping them prepare for release and reduce reoffending.

The Role

As an In-Custody Group Trainer, you will deliver structured group sessions and provide one-to-one support to individuals within a prison setting. You will facilitate a six-week programme designed to support rehabilitation, personal development, and progression into education, training, or employment.

You will play a key role in creating a safe, engaging, and supportive environment where participants can reflect, build skills, and make meaningful changes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging group sessions covering topics such as goal setting, managing change, social skills, and healthy relationships
• Conduct initial assessments and develop tailored action plans for participants
• Provide one-to-one support, reviewing progress and offering personalised guidance
• Build positive, professional relationships with individuals to encourage engagement and development
• Manage a caseload, balancing group delivery, individual support, and administration

About You

We are looking for a confident and empathetic practitioner with experience supporting individuals in group or training settings.

You will have:

• Experience delivering training, workshops, or group-based sessions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to motivate and build trust
• An understanding of safeguarding and working with vulnerable individuals
• Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate records
• The ability to manage your time effectively in a structured, target-driven environment

Desirable:

• Experience working within criminal justice, education, or employability programmes
• Knowledge of rehabilitation challenges and barriers faced by individuals in custody
• Familiarity with prison environments

What’s on Offer

• A rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference to people’s lives
• Structured programme delivery with opportunity to bring your own approach and creativity
• Supportive team environment within a specialist justice services programme
• Opportunity for progression and development

All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.

Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:

• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area

• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf

• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club

• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment

• Access to Training and Development – Reed Assessment Centre – Reed Learning.

• Great referral bonus’ (up to £200 per successful referral!)

• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning