Location: HMP Garth
Responsible to: The Family Engagement Worker
Hours: 12 hours per week
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Contract: Permanent
About POPS
POPS is a Charity set up to support the loved ones of those in prison and on community sentence. The Charity was founded by prisoners’ families in 1988, we currently provide Family Support services in 15 prisons across Bristol, Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Leicester, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire .
POPS values of diversity. We welcome and encourage job applications from people from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates.
Purpose of the post
Based primary in the visit centre at HMP Garth. The post-holder will work as part of a team to provide practical and emotional advice and support to all visitors.
Work as part of a team to the wider POPS’ staff team, to ensure that children visiting enjoy a wide range of play activities and experiences on visit session and also on scheduled family day events, to improve the quality of the prison visiting experience for children. In addition, the post holder will prepare a range of tabletop activities for older children to engage in with their parent/carer and the person they are visiting.
In addition, the post holder will operate the tea bar refreshment service in the prison visit hall. The post holder will sell and serve a range of hot and cold snacks and drinks to prisoners and visitors attending weekly visit sessions, maintain cleanliness of the refreshment area and collate stock take and ordering.
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