This Scottish Government funded programme will deliver inclusive voluntary throughcare services across Scotland for men, women and young people serving a short-term sentence or following a period on remand. A collaborative and relationship-based partnership model underpins delivery to support to achieve positive outcomes for people and wider communities. Improving reintegration and wellbeing ultimately improves lives and reduces re-offending.
We are recruiting a values-driven person to join our Sacro delivery team in the Throughcare Prison Worker role in HMP Addiewell.
Your role will be to act as critical conduit between pre-release and community support for people when they enter custody, either through a short-term sentence or on remand. You will promote the National Voluntary Throughcare programme within the prison (including distributing materials and attending Scottish Prison Service/partner inductions and training) and provide proactive and early engagement that is tailored and responsive to the needs of the person. Working collaboratively with Throughcare Community Worker colleagues and a range of partners you will support in co-ordinated release planning to ensure a person’s journey is effectively supported. This will involve supporting connections to local, and specialist, services where appropriate and importantly wider community connections.
You will have the ability to establish trusting and genuine relationships with compassionate approaches front and centre. You will be self-motivated and understand the importance of collaboration and working in partnership across organisations and sectors to support the best outcomes for people. You will be keen to work as part of a wider Prison Pod team across partner organisations and wider service delivery demonstrating flexibility to service demand as required.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to be involved in shaping and delivering a new high-profile government funded project, that is truly making a difference to people’s lives.
This role will involve working as part of a dynamic local team with workers from across Partner organisations. Primarily prison based, with some work travel expected to support connections across the partnership. Being educated to at least SVQ level 3 or equivalent is desirable. Experience of delivering person-centred, relational support and being computer literate with proficient experience of Microsoft tools are essential.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within Sacro.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership record.
We offer some great benefits, including family friendly policies, flexible and hybrid working and work-life balance. We also have generous annual leave entitlement, employee wellbeing scheme, cycle to work scheme, pension scheme and death in service, enhanced company sick pay. We will offer learning and development, progression and qualifications with the opportunity for growth and development.
We welcome applications from individuals who share Sacro’s aims and values and want to engage with those we support to help them move on to a more secure, settled and fulfilling life and value diversity from all sections of the community.