Family Hub Engagement Worker - HMP Liverpool

Family Hub Engagement Worker - HMP Liverpool Location: HMP Liverpool Responsible to: POPS' Lead Family Engagement Worker - HMP Liverpool Hours: 37.5 hrs per week, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm Salary: £25.350.00 per annum, Plus 3% pension contribution, (optional) & Employee Wellbeing Support Service Contract: 12 months initially About POPS

POPS is a Charity set up to support the loved ones of those in prison and on community sentence. The Charity was founded by prisoners' families in 1988, we currently provide Family Support services in 15 prisons across Bristol, Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Leicester, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire .

POPS values of diversity. We welcome and encourage job applications from people from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates.

Purpose of the post

POPS is working in partnership with Liverpool City Council and HMP Liverpool to ensure that prisoners and their families who reside in the Liverpool area, have supported access to services in the community to help with matters relating to their family and children, e.g, practical and emotional support, relatives caring for your children, matters such as housing, money worries, school attendance, and parenting support

Based within the prison, the purpose of the role is to promote the community based services available across Liverpool, to engage with prisoners and their family members to identify support needs, to liaise with and work in collaboration with Liverpool City Council Link Workers and to make supported referrals into the existing Local Authority services and Family Hubs in Liverpool.

NB: Obtaining enhanced DBS and passing prison vetting process is essential to this role