Family Visit and Play Worker - 7.5 hours Weekends

Prison Advice and Care Trust; Bicester; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work scheme

Life assurance

Eye care vouchers

Generous annual leave

Training & induction

Job summary

Pact is seeking a Family Visit and Play Worker for weekend shifts (7.5 hours). You will support families visiting loved ones in the Visitor Centre, delivering play and children’s services and assisting catering operations.

The role requires experience with families in challenging contexts, safeguarding knowledge, and strong partnership-building skills. The post involves contributing to planning and development of Pact’s family services, with a thorough induction and access to training, supported

Qualifications

• Experience working with families in challenging environments, ideally involving offenders and/or their families.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage a demanding workload.
• Knowledge of safeguarding/child protection practice.
• Ability to build partnerships with a range of agencies and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to families visiting loved ones in the Visitor Centre.
• Coordinate play and children’s services as part of the visiting environment.
• Support catering services within the Visitor Centre.
• Contribute to planning and development of Pact’s family work.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Organisational skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

Family Visit and Play Worker - 7.5 hours Weekends

Company:

Company: Prison Advice and Care Trust

As Family Visit Support and Play Worker 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.

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 work load. 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/customer service 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.

* PACT reserves the right to close applications early if sufficient applications are received.

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.