Visits Centre Assistant

Pact; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

A support organization for families in Gloucester seeks a part-time Visits Centre Assistant to provide support for families visiting loved ones in prison. You will assist in the visitor centre, facilitate visits, and contribute to the development of family services. Candidates should have experience working with families and excellent organizational skills. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loan

EAP Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience and understanding of working with families in a challenging environment.
• Ability to contribute to planning and development of family work.

Responsibilities

• Provide support, advice, and guidance to families visiting prisoners.
• Facilitate prison visits and family days.
• Support the play service in the visitor centre.

Skills

Experience working with families

Excellent organisational skills

Ability to manage demanding workload

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

As Visits Centre Assistant 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.

A Visits Centre Assistant provides 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 knowle...