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Job Post Details

Family Engagement Worker
Prison Advice and Care Trust
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3.9
HMP Channings Wood Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DW
£26,727.50 a year
Part-time
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Job details

£26,727.50 a year
Cycle to work scheme
Part-time
HMP Channings Wood Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DW

Full job description

As Family Engagement Worker, you will work as one of the Pact Family team, providing family casework support to prisoners, as well as support to the families of prisoners through advice and guidance, facilitating prison visits, and delivering family induction sessions.


About You:


To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will have the ability to advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting their human rights and ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. You will be a creative person who can organise activities for imprisoned Dads and children. You will have the ability to develop referral pathways for families, prisoners and other professionals to access the service. You may have experience of the following: Casework, Key Working, providing advice, guidance and emotional support to male service users.


You will act as a role model for volunteers and an ambassador for PACT, conducting yourself professionally at all times with high standards of personal integrity and accountability. You need to be solutions-focused, adaptable, flexible, emotionally resilient and capable of managing multiple tasks in high stress environments.


What Pact Offer:

Pact offer a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, Life Assurance, Specsavers eye care vouchers plus more.

You will undergo a thorough induction process attend training to further develop yourself as a frontline services worker and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.


How to Apply:

If you feel that you meet the requirements for this 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.


A car may be desirable for this role, though not essential.


Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds including those who have previous convictions (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 HMPPS/MoJ Security Prison Vetting, and satisfactory employer references covering a minimum of 3 years and a satisfactory enhanced DBS. 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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