29 Peckham Road
London
Greater London
SE5 8UA
United Kingdom
As a Family Support Worker, you will work as part of the PACT Family team, primarily based 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 Family Support Worker 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 prisoners and/or their families. You will also have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a demanding workload. You will have the ability to contribute to the planning and development of Pact’s family work and also have knowledge of safeguarding/child protection practice. Furthermore, you will have excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to build partnerships with a range of agencies.
What Pact Offers
Pact offers a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling services, a cycle to work scheme, life assurance, eye care vouchers, generous annual leave, plus more. You will have the opportunity to attend internal training events to further develop yourself as an effective support worker, and you will undergo a thorough induction process while being supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
Other Information
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications, including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).
This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting, and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgments may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.
We encourage early applications as we review applications on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
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