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Prison Advice and Care Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free advice, information and counselli

Contributory pension

Corporate eye care scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Training opportunities

Job summary

Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) seeks a Family Engagement Worker to provide family casework support to prisoners and their families, offering practical advice, guidance and emotional support. You will help facilitate prison visits and deliver family induction sessions, working within a challenging multi-agency environment.

You will advocate for families, develop referral pathways, and act as a role model for volunteers while upholding high standards of integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience working with families in challenging multi-agency environments.
• Ability to advocate for families affected by imprisonment.
• Experience in casework, guidance and emotional support.
• Ability to develop referral pathways for families and professionals to access the service.

Responsibilities

• Provide family casework support to prisoners and families.
• Facilitate prison visits and deliver family induction sessions.
• Act as a role model for volunteers and ambassador for PACT.
• Develop referral pathways and coordinate with partner agencies.

Skills

Casework

Advocacy

Multi-agency collaboration

Guidance & counselling

Referral pathways development

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 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 time, 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 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.

* 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 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).