Family Support Worker (16 Hours Weekend Working)

Prison Advice and Care Trust; London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in London is seeking a Family Support Worker at HMP Brixton. In this role, you will support families visiting incarcerated loved ones, managing visitor centre operations and children's services. Ideal candidates will have experience in challenging family circumstances, strong organizational abilities, and knowledge of safeguarding practices. This position offers generous employee benefits and intensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Free confidential advice and counselling service

Cycle to work scheme

Generous annual leave

Life assurance and eye care vouchers

Qualifications

• Proven experience in supporting families, ideally involving offenders.
• Ability to manage demanding workloads and contribute to family work planning.
• Good communication skills to build partnerships with agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to families visiting loved ones in the visitor centre.
• Facilitate prison visits and organize family days.
• Support children’s services within the visitor centre.

Skills

Experience with families in challenging environments

Excellent organisational skills

Interpersonal communication skills

Knowledge of safeguarding/child protection

Job description

Overview

Role overview: As a Family Support Worker at HMP Brixton, you will provide support to families visiting loved ones in the visitor centre. Visitor centre services include play and children’s services; and a catering service. You will work as one of the PACT Family team, you will be based primarily in the prison's visitor centre and visits hall providing support, advice and guidance to families visiting prisoners, facilitating prison visits and family days and supporting the play service.

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 workload. 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.

We will also require a certificate of good conduct from the Police Force of the country of residence if you have resided overseas for a period of over 12 months (in the past 10 years while aged 18 or over).