As a Family Engagement Worker, you'll be an integral part of the Pact Family team, offering crucial support to both prisoners and their families. Your responsibilities will encompass providing casework assistance to prisoners, offering guidance and support to families, facilitating prison visits, and conducting family induction sessions.
About You:
To excel in this role, you'll need to demonstrate substantial experience in navigating the complexities of family dynamics within a challenging multi-agency setting, ideally involving prisoners and their loved ones. Your role will involve advocating for families affected by incarceration, ensuring their rights are upheld and their voices are heard across all levels. Developing referral pathways for families, prisoners, and other professionals to access our services will also be a key aspect of your role. Your background may include experience in casework, key working, and providing emotional support to male service users.
In addition to your professional duties, you'll serve as a role model for our volunteers and represent PACT with utmost professionalism and integrity. Your approach should be solutions-focused, adaptable, and resilient, capable of managing numerous tasks within high-pressure 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.