Location: HMP Long Lartin
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 10 hrs per week (Thursday and Saturday)
Salary: £23,810 per annum FTE; £6,349.33 per annum pro rata actual earnings.
Benefits: Generous Holiday allowance, Season Ticket loan, Cycle to work scheme, Charity worker discounts, Enhanced maternity package, Wellness, inclusion, and diversity groups, EAP scheme, Life assurance.
Are you a real 'people person'? Are you a quick learner who's organised and keen to help out? Well, you might just be the person we need. Read on...
As a Pact Visits Centre Assistant (Family Support Worker), you will provide support to families visiting loved ones. You will work as one of the family team based primarily in the prison's visitor centre, but also across the visits hall, play area and tea bar to provide a safe and welcoming environment, and provide advice, support and information to friends and families visiting the prison.
About You:
To be successful in this role you will have empathy and understanding of working with families in challenging circumstances, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will also have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a demanding workload. You will support colleagues in Pacts family work, have some IT skills and may even have knowledge of safeguardin...