Family Liaison Worker

Family Liaison Worker

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At SIG Safe Ground, we do things differently. Safe Ground is an Arts-based therapeutically informed charity with over 30 years' experience working across the criminal justice system. We support people in custody and their families to build stronger and more fulfilled relationships, reflect on behaviours, and navigate change without shame.

Job Title:

Family Liaison Worker

Location:

Based within HMP Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool. Step Free access is available at this service.

Salary: £26,200

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 07:30 - 17:30. Please be aware that you may be required to work outside these hours as per participant and service requirements including bank holidays.

The Visitors Centre is open 7 days a week from 07:30 - 17:30. Family visits take place four times a day currently.

About the Role

Are you ready to do things differently, and make it count?

Safe Ground isn't your typical charitable organisation, it's not your regular 9-5. Safe Ground do things differently. We work inside prisons, using creative, therapeutic approaches to strengthen relationships between men and their families. Our work is rooted in connection, reflection, and real change, often in environments that aren’t designed for either. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, without discrimination , stigma or judgement.

We're hiring a Family Liaison Worker to join our team based in HMP Altcourse. In this role, you will act as the first point of contact for visitors attending the service. You will support in the development of a welcoming, comfortable, and conductive space which will support meaningful engagement for both, adults and children. The role will focus on ensuring a timely and efficient processing of all visitors, whilst supporting collaborative partnerships between family members and key prison teams towards a person-centred service.

You’ll also lead structured play sessions with children of all ages who are visiting a parent or loved one in prison, making sure they feel safe, engaged and cared for during their visit.

Key Responsibilities Include:

* Support the Visitor’s Centre service to appear, operate and deliver to the quality of standards of all relevant stakeholders.

* Welcome and book in visitors attending the centre.

* Develop and maintain a child-friendly space and interventions in the visitors centre, visits hall, and prison.

* Manage and support in the in prison children’s play area.

* Plan and deliver activities to engage and create meaningful and memorable family visits.

* Promote Safe Grounds programmatic work, collaborate with the team and support with activities and interventions.

* Develop and maintain strong relationships with various teams, such as wing staff, governors, family services, resettlement teams, and other HMP partners and other relevant stakeholders.

* Work to meet KPIs and targets as a team, and individually.

* Admin will vary, including using computerised systems to confidentially log and store information on our online portals as appropriate.

About You

We're looking for a compassionate and organised individual who understands the challenges faced by families affected by imprisonment with excellent communication skills. As part of Safe Ground’s flagship Family Service, you will be positive, non-judgemental, and able to build good relationships that support personal development. You will be self motivated, able to manage your time effectively and work collaboratively with colleagues, stakeholders, and people from a range of…