Visits Team Leader
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
Salary: £27,992 per annum
We are looking for a Visits Team Leader. This is an exciting new opportunity to join our new Prison - HMP Millsike.
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
HMP Millsike, the UKs newest, and first green prison, is due to open in early 2025, run by Mitie Care and Custody on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. The Forward Trust is a strategic partner to Mitie Care and Custody, providing our Connections Services across the prison and supporting a restorative and rehabilitative culture that enables prisoners to unlock their potential
What you will be doing?
Within the restrictions of prisons, where the connection to the outside world is often limited, the importance of building and promoting family ties emerges as a key, yet it is an undervalued aspect in the rehabilitation process. For many prisoners, these connections repre...