Family Engagement Manager (Scale 2)

Prison Advice and Care Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free advice service

Contributory pension

Corporate eye care scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Pact is a highly respected independent charity operating across England and Wales, offering practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families. The Family Engagement Manager role at HMP Exeter focuses on developing referral pathways, managing caseloads, and advocating for families within the prison system.

A compassionate, dedicated individual is sought to make a meaningful difference. Pact values dignity, human relationships, and community, and provides training opportunities,

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating a broad range of services within a multi-agency environment.
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection practices.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage a demanding workload.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build partnerships with agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory and support services to prisoners, their children, carers and relatives.
• Develop and implement referral pathways to access family support services.
• Establish connections with other services to ensure seamless support.
• Manage a caseload of family support cases related to prisoners.
• Conduct assessments to tailor support for the family unit.
• Advocate for the rights and needs of families affected by imprisonment.

Job description

As a Family Engagement Manager at HMP Exeter, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the complex and varied needs of prisoners and their families. Your work will be crucial in fostering positive relationships between prisoners and their loved ones, providing essential advice, guidance, and learning opportunities. By developing robust referral pathways and managing a caseload of family support cases, you will ensure that each family receives personalised care and support. Additionally, you will advocate for the rights and needs of families, ensuring their voices are heard and respected within the prison system. This role requires a compassionate, dedicated individual committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those affected by imprisonment.

Key Responsibilities:

• - Provide comprehensive services ensuring that prisoners, their children, carers, and other relatives receive appropriate advice, guidance, learning opportunities, care, and support to maintain or enhance positive relationships.
• - Develop and implement effective referral pathways for families, prisoners, and other professionals to access family support services.
• - Establish connections with other relevant services to ensure seamless integration and support.
• - Manage a caseload of family support cases related to prisoners.
• - Conduct detailed assessments to inform and tailor support for the family unit, ensuring personalised and effective interventions.
• - Advocate for the rights and needs of families dealing with imprisonment.
• - Promote their human rights and ensure their voices are heard and considered at all levels of decision-making and service provision.

About You:

To thrive in this role, you should possess:

• - Demonstrable ability to coordinate a broad range of services.
• - Experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging multi-agency environment, preferably involving offenders and/or their families.
• - Excellent organisational skills and the capacity to manage a demanding workload.
• - Ability to contribute to the planning and development of Pact’s family work.
• - Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection practices.
• - Exceptional interpersonal communication skills and the ability to build partnerships with various agencies.

Organisation:

Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focuses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that we do.

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.

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 Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.