Visits Centre Assistant

PACT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 5,000; Part time

Job summary

A national charity providing support in the criminal justice system is seeking a Visits Centre Assistant to work 7 hours per week. You will assist families visiting incarcerated individuals and support the planning of family work. Ideal candidates will have experience working in challenging environments, excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. This part-time role offers a salary of £4,444.50 per annum pro-rata and various benefits including a Cycle to Work Scheme.

Benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loan

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging environment.
• Excellent organizational skills to manage a demanding workload.
• Ability to contribute to planning and development of family work.

Responsibilities

• Assist families visiting incarcerated individuals.
• Support planning and development of family work.
• Build partnerships with agencies.

Skills

Experience with families

Organizational skills

Interpersonal communication

Job description

Visits Centre Assistant

Location HMP Leyhill

Job Type Part time 7 hours per week (weekend working)

Contract Type Permanent

Salary £23,810 per annum FTE (£4,444.50 per annum pro rata)

Benefits Cycle to Work Scheme, Life Assurance, Season Ticket Loan, EAP Scheme

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 Pacts 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.

• 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 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.

About us

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pacts vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

You may also have experience in the following : Customer Service, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not For Profit, Catering, Family Services, Food Hygiene, Catering Assistant, Play Support Assistant (Justice Services), Visitor Centre Support Worker, Family Support Worker, Family Engagement Worker, Family Liaison Worker, Safeguarding Support Worker, Offender Family Support Worker etc.

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