Location : HMP Styal, UK Role overviewAre you passionate about making a positive impact on families facing challenging circumstances? Join us as a Family Support Worker, where you'll be at the heart of our Visitor Centre, offering vital support to families visiting their loved ones. As a key member of our PACT Family team, you'll play a crucial role in providing guidance, assistance, and a welcoming environment for families during what can be a difficult time. From facilitating prison visits to coordinating engaging activities for children, your dedication will help strengthen family bonds and support rehabilitation efforts within our community. If you're ready to make a real difference and thrive in a dynamic, compassionate environment, we want to hear from you.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 work load. You will have the ability to contribute to 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 ability to work in build partnerships with a range of agencies.What Pact Offer:Pact offer a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, 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 work and you will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.How to apply:If you feel you meet the requirements of this post please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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 Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison. Hours 10.75 hours per week including alternate weekends Department Family Engagement Job Type Part time Contract Type Permanent Salary £23,400 FTE (£6,708 per annum actual earnings)
