This charity has worked with offenders and prisoners and their families in Lincolnshire and surrounding areas since 2000. The main focus of their work is resettlement and rehabilitation support including employability; accommodation; finance and debt; and children and families and over 2,500 clients access their services each year.
Over 125,000 children in England and Wales have a parent in prison and these children will experience a range of emotions, fears and concerns which will have an impact on their schooling, family relationships, health and general wellbeing. The purpose of our Family provision is therefore to develop a range of support services for the families of prisoners to encourage increased contact, to facilitate visits, to mediate for the children, to provide signposting support to mothers and carers and to arrange parenting skills courses. This is achieved through a variety of elements including developing play activities for the children to participate in during visits; acting as a point of contact before and after visits; liaising and negotiating with Prison and Probation staff, internal and external agencies, schools etc.
They are recruiting a Senior Children and Families Officer to develop and oversee their new Family provision at HMP Hull and HMP Humber. The post-holder will manage a small team of staff over the two sites as well as undertaking case work with prisoners and families referred to the provision. There will be autonomy in how he/she operates, however the boundaries of the prison and the criminal justice system will obviously need to be adhered to. The post holder will need to deal with high levels of emotion and conflicts / conflict resolution, therefore it is important that an objective but sensitive and professional approach can be adopted.
This post is full time and will involve some weekend working as part of a rota.
The post is within Band C, which commences at £20,598 for individuals holding a relevant level 3 qualification and working towards level 4. They also operate a trainee salary band for applicants who are new to this area of work which starts at £19,254, as well as a ‘Level 4 qualified’ band which starts at £22,500. The starting salary within a band is dependent on relevant experience and qualifications.
In addition, the Trust offers a 6% employer pension scheme via auto-enrolment and a minimum of 33 days annual leave per year including statutory holidays, increasing by one day per full year of service to a maximum of 38 days (pro rata for part time posts), a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers and a health & wellbeing service. The Trust is committed to ongoing professional development of all their staff and encourages individuals to participate in relevant training and development.
The post will work across two male prisons, HMP Hull and HMP Humber.
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure and security clearances.