Family Support Worker (Weekends)
Role overview
As a Family Support Worker, you will work as one of the PACT Family team, you will be based primarily in the prison's VisitorCentre and visits hall providing support, advice and guidance to families visiting prisoners, facilitating prison visits and
family days and supporting the play service.
A Family Support Worker provides support to families visiting loved ones in the Visitor Centre. Visitor Centre services includeplay and children’s services; and a catering service. carole.chimombe@prisonadvice.org.ukcarole.chimombe@prisonadvice.org.uk
About You:
To be successful in this role you will have experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging environment, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will also have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a
demanding workload. You will have the ability to contribute to planning and development of Pact’s family work and also haveknowledge 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 supportedby 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.
We encourage early applications as we review applications on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close the vacancy early ifwe receive sufficient applications.
Other information:
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment topost 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 notethat being bankrupt or having County Court Judgments may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.