Family Engagement worker

As Family Engagement Worker, you will work as one of the Pact Family team, providing family casework support to prisoners, as well as support to the families of prisoners through advice and guidance, facilitating prison visits, and delivering family induction sessions.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with families 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 and ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. 

You will be a creative person who can organise activities for imprisoned Dads and children. 

You will have the ability to develop referral pathways for families, prisoners and other professionals to access the service.

You may have experience of the following: Casework, Key Working, providing advice, guidance and emotional support to male service users.

You will act as a role model for volunteers and an ambassador for PACT, conducting yourself professionally at all times with high standards of personal integrity and accountability.

You need to be solutions-focused, adaptable, flexible, emotionally resilient and capable of managing multiple tasks in high stress environments.

What Pact Offer

Pact offer a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, Life Assurance, Specsavers eye care vouchers plus more.

You will undergo a thorough induction process attend training to further develop yourself as a frontline services worker and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.