Family Engagement Worker
Prison Advice and Care Trust | Woking | findajob.dwp.gov.uk |
Role overview
As a Family Engagement Worker, you'll be an integral part of the Pact Family team, offering crucial support to both prisoners and
their families. Your responsibilities will encompass providing casework assistance to prisoners, offering guidance and support to
families, facilitating prison visits, and conducting family induction sessions.
About You:
To excel in this role, you'll need to demonstrate substantial experience in navigating the complexities of family dynamics within
a challenging multi-agency setting, ideally involving prisoners and their loved ones. Your role will involve advocating for
families affected by incarceration, ensuring their rights are upheld and their voices are heard across all levels. Developing
referral pathways for families, prisoners, and other professionals to access our services will also be a key aspect of your role.
Your background may include experience in casework, key working, and providing emotional support to male service users.
In addition to your professional duties, you'll serve as a role model for our volunteers and represent PACT with utmost
professionalism and integrity. Your approach should be solutions-focused, adaptable, and resilient, capable of managing numerous
tasks within high-pressure environments.
What we offer:
Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye
care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to
further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be
supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
How to apply:
If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply
now` button.
• We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are
interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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 a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being
bankrupt or having County Court Judgments may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.
As a Family Engagement Worker, you'll be an integral part of the Pact Family team, offering crucial support to both prisoners and
their families. Your responsibilities will encompass providing casework assistance to prisoners, offering guidance and support to
families, facilitating prison visits, and conducting family induction sessions.
About You:
To excel in this role, you'll need to demonstrate substantial experience in navigating the complexities of family dynamics within
a challenging multi-agency setting, ideally involving prisoners and their loved ones. Your role will involve advocating for
families affected by incarceration, ensuring their rights are upheld and their voices are heard across all levels. Developing
referral pathways for families, prisoners, and other professionals to access our services will also be a key aspect of your role.
Your background may include experience in casework, key working, and providing emotional support to male service users.
In addition to your professional duties, you'll serve as a role model for our volunteers and represent PACT with utmost
professionalism and integrity. Your approach should be solutions-focused, adaptable, and resilient, capable of managing numerous
tasks within high-pressure environments.
What we offer:
Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye
care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to
further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be
supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
How to apply:
If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply
now` button.
• We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are
interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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 a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being
bankrupt or having County Court Judgments may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.
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