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Family Engagement Worker - First Night and Early Days
- Aggregated by CV-Library
- Bristol, City of Bristol
- Permanent
- Part Time
- £26,727 - £26,727 Per Annum
Job Description
Location HMP Bristol
Job Type Part time, 22.5 hours per week: Monday-Sunday (Occasional weekends and evenings required)
Contract Type Permanent
Salary: £26,727.50 per annum FTE, £16,036.50 per annum actual earnings
Have you got what it takes to support prisoners and their families?
About the Role:
This is an exciting new opportunity at HMP Bristol. As a Family Engagement Worker, you will work closely with healthcare services, the prison and other agencies. The service will be delivered in custody providing family focused casework for prisoners on healthcare pathways and will focus primarily on supporting prisoners in making/maintaining contact with family members in support of their health needs.
About You:
To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with families and health services in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will have the ability to advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting their human rights, ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. You will have the ability to develop referral pathways for families, prisoners and other professionals to access services, with a specific focus on healthcare.
What Pact Offer:
Pact offer a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, Life Assurance, Spec Saver eye care vouchers plus more.
You will undergo a thorough induction process attend training to further develop yourself as a front-line services worker and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
How to Apply:
If you feel that you meet the requirements for this role, 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 a 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.
If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more (in the past 10 years while aged 18 or over), we will also require a certificate of good conduct from the Police Force of the country of residence.
You may have experience of the following: Family Engagement Worker, Family Support Worker, Family Liaison Officer, Prisoner Family Caseworker, Healthcare Family Liaison Worker, Family Engagement Officer, Multi-Agency Family Support Worker, Family Advocacy Worker, Prison Family Support Caseworker, Family Health Liaison Worker
REF-(Apply online only)
Job Type Part time, 22.5 hours per week: Monday-Sunday (Occasional weekends and evenings required)
Contract Type Permanent
Salary: £26,727.50 per annum FTE, £16,036.50 per annum actual earnings
Have you got what it takes to support prisoners and their families?
About the Role:
This is an exciting new opportunity at HMP Bristol. As a Family Engagement Worker, you will work closely with healthcare services, the prison and other agencies. The service will be delivered in custody providing family focused casework for prisoners on healthcare pathways and will focus primarily on supporting prisoners in making/maintaining contact with family members in support of their health needs.
About You:
To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with families and health services in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally involving prisoners and/or their families. You will have the ability to advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting their human rights, ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. You will have the ability to develop referral pathways for families, prisoners and other professionals to access services, with a specific focus on healthcare.
What Pact Offer:
Pact offer a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, Life Assurance, Spec Saver eye care vouchers plus more.
You will undergo a thorough induction process attend training to further develop yourself as a front-line services worker and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
How to Apply:
If you feel that you meet the requirements for this role, 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 a 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.
If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more (in the past 10 years while aged 18 or over), we will also require a certificate of good conduct from the Police Force of the country of residence.
You may have experience of the following: Family Engagement Worker, Family Support Worker, Family Liaison Officer, Prisoner Family Caseworker, Healthcare Family Liaison Worker, Family Engagement Officer, Multi-Agency Family Support Worker, Family Advocacy Worker, Prison Family Support Caseworker, Family Health Liaison Worker
REF-(Apply online only)