As a Family Support Worker stationed at HMP Channings Wood, your primary responsibility entails assisting families during their visits to loved ones at the visitor centre. The visitor centre offers various services, including play and children’s services, along with catering.
Your role within the PACT Family team involves being stationed primarily at the prison's visitor centre and visits hall. Here, you will provide support, guidance, and advice to families visiting inmates. Additionally, you'll facilitate prison visits and family days, as well as provide assistance with the play service.
Qualifications for this position include prior experience and comprehension of working with families in challenging environments, preferably involving offenders and their families. Strong organizational abilities are crucial, as is the capacity to handle a demanding workload effectively. You should also be capable of contributing to the planning and development of Pact’s family initiatives and possess knowledge of safeguarding and child protection practices. Excellent interpersonal communication skills are essential, as is the ability to foster partnerships with various agencies.
About You:
To be successful in this role you will have experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging environment, ideally involving offenders and/or their families. You will also have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a demanding work load. You will have the ability to contribute to planning and development of Pact’s family work and also have knowledge of safeguarding/child protection practice. Furthermore you will have excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to work in build partnerships with a range of agencies.
What Pact Offer:
Pact offer a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, eye care vouchers, generous annual leave plus more. You will have the opportunity to attend internal training events to further develop yourself as an effective support work and you will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
How to apply:
If you feel you meet the requirements of this post please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.
Applications are monitored as they are received and therefore should a number of suitable candidates apply before the closing date, we reserve the right to close the vacancy before the stated closing date.
Other information:
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).
This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.