Caseworker / Support Worker (Family Engagement) 

Our client is a National charity which support people affected by imprisonment. They work in prisons and communities across England and Wales to provide practical support to prisoners' children and families, and to prisoners themselves. 

Position: Family Engagement Worker (Scale 2) 
Location: HMP Send (Commutable from Woking, Guildford, Epsom, Croydon, Horsham, Farnborough, Bracknell, Slough and surrounding areas) 
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week 
Salary: £21,000 per annum 
Benefits: Generous holiday entitlement, free information advice and counselling, plus more 

Closing date: 09th September 2018 
Interviews commencing week beginning: 17th September 2018 

About the role: 

The service will provide support to ensure that children, families and prisoners are treated with respect and dignity. The service will also help ensure families are able to gain greater access to support and early help within their local community and services and families work together to decrease the chance of intergenerational crime. 

To deliver family services in HMP Send as part of a team, with a particular focus on family casework, but offering support to other aspects of the service including: visitor centre services; play and children’s services; social enterprise refreshment service; complex family casework and support for family groupwork interventions. To deputise for the Family Services Manager and provide cover for other roles in the team. 

About you: 

As a Family Engagement Worker, you will develop referral pathways for families prisoners and other professionals to access the service, as well as pathways into other relevant services as well as carry a caseload of family support work relating to prisoners, and carry out detailed assessments to inform further work with the family unit. 

You will also, advocate for families dealing with imprisonment, promoting the human rights and ensuring their needs are considered, and views are heard at all levels. In addition to contributing to case work meetings (case discussion, support and guidance) appropriately and share information to support sentence planning and risk management objectives. 

Lastly you will, work with and through the prison, and other case managers and key work staff as appropriate, to provide support to prisoners with regard to family issues, in accordance with prison’s rules and procedures regarding security, safeguarding and public protection, and to support the prison in developing applications, referral process and casework-based approaches. 

What they offer: 

Our client offers a wide range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, free information, advice and counselling, cycle to work scheme, plus more. 

You will have the opportunity to attend training events to develop yourself further as effective front-line services worker. You will undergo a thorough induction and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team. 

Other Information: 

This role will involve some weekend working based on the requirements of the service. 

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds, including those with previous convictions (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 HMPPS / MoJ Security Vetting, satisfactory employer references covering a minimum of 3 years and a satisfactory enhanced DBS. Please note that being recently bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison. 

You may have experience of the following: Case Management, Case Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Support Work, Care Worker, Criminal Justice System, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not For Profit, Social Work, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, etc. 

This vacancy is being advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment, the UK’s leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by EasyWeb Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief, and we confirm that we will gladly accept all applications.