Personal Wellbeing Team Manager - (Remote) Cheshire
Job Role
The overall aim is to provide a comprehensive Personal Wellbeing (PWB) programme of activities in four key areas to enable participants to make sustained changes to their life style including associates linked to causes of offending, to enable successful reintegration into local communities with positive role models, encouraging changes to core values and beliefs on the Impact of offending behaviour, and to enable those being released from prison to be socially included in their local communities. Activities to build and maintain positive family and personal relationships and own person wellbeing will be provided by our supply chain. We aim to make the journey through all four categories a seamless and joined up experience. Ultimately, we will address barriers, develop resilience and perseverance to cope with challenges and barriers faced both pre-release and in the community.
The Personal Wellbeing Manager will take a lead role in the strategic development, coordination and delivery of the service embedding new delivery models and supporting the development of related contracts and partnerships to ensure successful meeting of contractual requirements and participants outcomes. To ensure a cohesive joined up approached to delivery is maintained with our supply chain partners delivering on the two other categories of our Personal Wellbeing offer
This is a rewarding opportunity that will allow you to utilise your skills to influence, support and encourage others to maximise their potential to build a better future.
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of £29,733 up to £37,166 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days)
- 2 Volunteer Days
- Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
- Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
- Annual salary review
- Refer a friend scheme
- Free access to Benefit Hub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme, and additional voluntary benefits
Interested? There’s an easy-to-apply route below to upload your CV! If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 208282.
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Location: Remote working, managing cases across Cheshire Travel around the local area when required to attend meetings and participant appointments.
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 01 April 2026
Key Responsibilities
- Level 3 Management (equivalent) desirable
- Substantial operational experience contract delivery within one or more sites
- Substantial experience as an operational manager within a probation or similar environment
- Recent Justice sector experience
- Leadership
- Decision making
- Communication/negotiation skills
- Experience of managing risk and safeguarding
- Partnership working and managing stakeholder relationships
- Staff development and effective teamwork
- Performance management
- Embedding quality practice
- Evaluating outcomes to improve practice
- Ability to work flexibly according to the requirements of the post
Skills and Experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to manage multiple projects and adhere to deadlines
- Excellent time management, planning and organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including negotiating and influencing skills
- The ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Ability to seek out solutions to problems
- Ability to undertake face-to-face client meetings with experience in working with senior staff, information professionals and management
- A team player with the ability to use influencing strategies to gain commitment
- High level of initiative and motivation
- Willingness to travel nationwide for internal and external meetings
Additional Information
Communities and Education Division is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts, including as CFO Activity Hubs, Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Approved Premises. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless their past choices or the challenges they face.
We are committed to combining our knowledge, skills and talents across the justice and social care sectors to deliver services and interventions that overcome the barriers that hold people back from living more fulfilled lives. Ultimately, our aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills needed to desist from offending, successfully reintegrate into to their local communities and address barriers to work.
Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.
You will be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in anyway. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under” About us”
Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.