Probation Worker Apprentice
CHANGE, GROW, LIVE
Dewsbury (WF13 1LY)
Closes in 24 days (Sunday 11 January 2026)
Posted on 17 December 2025
Contents
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Probation Worker to join our team in Huddersfield. CGL Kirklees is an adult treatment and recovery service providing pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to the community facing issues with drugs and alcohol use.
- Wage
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£15,038 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 26 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
• Supporting service users involved with HM Probation Service and Criminal Justice System from the point of entry into service and through their treatment/recovery
• Providing screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions, recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community journey
• Supporting the Criminal Justice team with the assessment and management of risk posed by offenders to protect victims of crime and the general public
• Conducting alcohol and drug tests
• Advising and working with criminal courts, criminal justice agencies and other partner agencies
Where you'll work
3 Wellington Street
Dewsbury
WF13 1LY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Support individuals they are working with according to their personal care/support plan
- Ask for help from an appropriate person when not confident or skilled in any aspect of their role
- Provide individuals with information to enable them to have a choice about the way they are supported
- Encourage individuals to participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Ensure the individual knows what they are agreeing to regarding the way in which they are supported
- Contribute to the on-going development of care/support plans for the individual they support
- Support individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory impairments
- Ensure dignity is at the centre of all work with the individuals they support, their families, carers and advocates
- Demonstrate all work is person centred, accommodating the individual’s needs, wishes and preferences
- Demonstrate empathy (understanding and compassion) for individuals they support
- Demonstrate courage in supporting people in ways that may challenge their personal/cultural beliefs
- Speak clearly and exhibit positive non-verbal communication to individuals, families, carers and advocates
- Use the preferred methods of communication of the individual they support according to their language, culture, sensory needs and their wishes
- Identify and take steps to reduce environmental barriers to communication
- Demonstrate they can check for understanding
- Write clearly and concisely in records and reports
- Keep information safe and confidential according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise potential signs of different forms of abuse
- Respond to concerns of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Recognise, report and challenge unsafe practices
- Promote the health and wellbeing of the individual they support
- Move people and objects safely
- Demonstrate how to reduce the spread of infection, including use of best practice in hand hygiene
- Demonstrate the promotion of healthy eating and wellbeing by ensuring individuals have access to fluids, food and nutrition
- Demonstrate how to keep people, buildings and themselves safe and secure
- Carry out fire safety procedures when required
- Use risk assessments to support individuals safely
- Recognise symptoms of cognitive impairment, e.g. Dementia, learning disabilities and mental health
- Monitor and report changes in health and wellbeing for individuals they support
- Reflect on your own work practices
- Demonstrate the development of their own skills and knowledge, including core skills in writing, numbers and information technology
- Demonstrate their contribution to their development plan
- Demonstrate ability to work in partnership with others to support the individual
- Identify sources of support when conflicts arise with other people or organisations
- Demonstrate they can work within safe, clear professional boundaries
- Show they can access and apply additional skills required to perform the specific job role competently
Training schedule
Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship L2 including Functional Skills in maths and English.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
The key dates provided should be used as a guide only, if the position is filled, the vacancy will close.
Before employment can commence an enhanced DBS and reference checks will need to be carried out to a satisfactory standard.
About this employer
CGL is a health and social care charity working with individuals, families and communities across England and Wales that are affected by drugs, alcohol, crime, homelessness, domestic abuse, and antisocial behaviour. Their projects, delivered in communities and prisons, encourage and empower people to regain control of their lives and motivate them to tackle their problems.
https://www.changegrowlive.org (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days of holiday + bank holidays, A paid Wellness hour each week and access to a Wellness Hub and Program. A pension scheme. Access to discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays etc. Opportunities for progression. Refer-a-Friend scheme.
After this apprenticeship
Ongoing training and development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005552.
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