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Role: Specialist Prison and Probation Advocate
Based: 3 days per week
Rate: £18 - £19 ph umb
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: temp for 3 months
Hours: 21 hours per week (1 day in HMP Bronzefield and 2 from home)
Synopsis of duties:
- Provide pre-release support for women on remand or unsentenced, focusing on:
- Accommodation
- Finance, debt & benefits
- Family & significant others
- Social inclusion
- Develop and maintain a referral pathway with the prison’s Offender Management team for women to access the service.
- Work in partnership with prison-based service providers to ensure coordinated support.
- Co-design person-centred support and action plans with women, addressing their needs and risks.
- Deliver “through the gate” support, ensuring continuity from custody into the community.
- Provide a mix of casework support, signposting, and advice to women in custody.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with Pre-Release teams.
- Support clients to maintain or access suitable accommodation, finances, benefits, debt support, and family/social networks.
- Advocate on behalf of women, including negotiating terms with external agencies.
- Ensure interventions are responsive to diverse and minoritised women’s needs.
- Make referrals to partner organisations for additional post-release support.
- Contribute to multi-agency working within a challenging environment, demonstrating strong partnership skills.
Essential Requirements:
- Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice system
- Proven experience as a caseworker, delivering gender-specific and trauma-informed interventions to support the resettlement and rehabilitation of female adults in prison and community settings.
- Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a prison environment while remaining calm under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a caseload, including accurate record-keeping, maintaining focus on action plan goals, and meeting deadlines.
- Skilled in completing trauma-informed support and action plans collaboratively with women, addressing multiple and complex needs, and enabling engagement with services to achieve positive and timely outcomes.
- Available immediately
- Enhanced Level 1 Prison Vetting
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