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Job Description
An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for an Intervention Worker to join our ChoiceWorks Programme on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2026.
NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.
If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.
Position Details
ChoiceWorks supports adults over the age of 16 who have been in conflict with the law, helping them transition into education, employment, and training. Our team provides bespoke case management support, tailored interventions, and a range of training and employability support to our clients.
As an Intervention Worker you would work as part of a multi-disciplinary team responding to offenders (including children, young people, and adults), their families, and victims, ensuring they participate in and are fully prepared for offence focussed interventions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support clients in addressing their offending history through sessions designed using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques, such as motivational interviewing. These sessions help clients reflect on their past, understand their choices and consequences, and support them in making positive changes.
- Work across Glasgow with vulnerable individuals who have been in conflict with the law. Build professional relationships, understand trauma, and deliver bespoke sessions on various subjects, including drugs, alcohol, consequential thinking, risk, impact on offending and healthy relationships.
- Coordinate the assessment of new clients, benchmark their journey throughout the programme, and communicate with key stakeholders such as Justice Social Work, community organisations, and other professionals.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Job Description for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.
Contract Details
Weekly Hours: 28 per week
Work Pattern: Monday to Thursday
Annual Salary: £29,190.64 – £35,084.33 on an incremental scale
Hybrid working is available in this role. If you’re shortlisted for the post, we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring needs of the business are met along with flexibility to maintain your work-life balance.
Key Pre-Employment Information
The position requires membership to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme (Vulnerable Adults & Children). For further information on this scheme, please visit https://www.mygov.scot/working-jobs/finding-a-job/disclosure/. The cost of membership, or scheme record update, will be met by the successful candidate(s).
Benefits of working with us
Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:
- 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
- 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
- Local government pension scheme
- Life and Personal Accident Insurance
- Occupational Sickness Pay
- Staff Benefit Scheme
- Glasgow Credit Union
For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.
Application Packs
The following alternative Application Packs can be requested in other format for example, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you 2nd class within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert if requesting this to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return to us.
Further Information
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
For further information about working for us please refer to our website GCC HR Policies
