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Prison and Community Worker

2 weeks ago

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom Turning Point Scotland Full time

-Locations
Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, HighlandService Name
National Voluntary Throughcare ServiceType of service
Criminal JusticeJob Type
Prison & Community WorkerHours of work
Full Time and/or Part TimeSalary
£25,326 - £28,394Job Description

**Post: Prison and Community Workers**

**Service: National Voluntary Throughcare Programme**

**Based: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland and HMP Inverness.**

**Hours**:Full**Time and Part Time hours available.**

**Salary: £25,326 - £28,394**

**Contract Permanent**

Turning Point Scotland are delighted to be one of eight organisations working in partnership to deliver The National Voluntary Throughcare Programme. The government find programme delivers inclusive voluntary throughcare services across Scotland for men, women and young people serving a short-term sentence or following a period of remand. The eight organisations will collaborate to achieve positive outcomes for people and their wider communities.

**Why Join Us?**
- ** Impactful Work**: Play a key role in transforming lives by supporting individuals through one of the most critical transitions in their life.
- ** Collaborative Environment**: Be part of a strong partnership of leading organizations committed to making a positive impact.
- ** Training & Development**: Access to ongoing professional development and training to further enhance your career.
- ** Nationwide Impact**: The teams will work across Scotland, delivering tailored support to individuals at a local level, ensuring that each person receives the attention they deserve.

**About the Role**:
We are seeking compassionate and dedicated **Prison and Community Worker**to join our dynamic and collaborative team. This role is integral to the delivery of trauma-informed, person-centred support for individuals leaving prison and transitioning back into the community. You will work within a partnership of eight leading charities, including Access to Industry, Action for Children, Apex Scotland, Barnardo’s, Circle, Families Outside, Turning Point Scotland, and Sacro, ensuring a seamless and supportive reintegration process.

Your work will be vital in supporting people, who are leaving prison after a sentence of less than four years or a period on remand**.**

**About your key skills and experience**:

- ** Relationship Building**: Proven ability to establish trust and build meaningful relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- ** Collaborative Working**: Experience working collaboratively with multiple agencies, including statutory and voluntary services.
- ** Risk and Safeguarding**: Experience in completing risk assessments, safeguarding practices, and working within a compliance-driven environment.
- ** Adaptability**: Flexibility and responsiveness to service demands, with a willingness to work across various cohorts and prison establishments.
- ** Record-Keeping and Administration**: Strong organizational skills with an ability to maintain accurate and timely case management records.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Demonstrate commitment to establishing trusting and genuine relationships, rooted in trauma informed principles
- Work collaboratively with the partnership team to deliver relational support for people accessing the NVTP
- Deliver supportive and collaborative partnership working with the Scottish Prison Service, as a critical stakeholder
- Deliver supportive and collaborative partnership working with the Scottish Prison Service, as a critical stakeholder
- Proactively engage with individuals throughout their journey to ensure appropriate touchpoints with the NVTP, focused on raising awareness and encouraging engagement
- Facilitate and lead engagement sessions across the prison estate
- Proactively engage with individuals throughout their journey to ensure appropriate touchpoints with the NVTP, focused on raising awareness and encouraging engagement
- Facilitate and lead engagement sessions across the prison estate
- Support and deliver effective pre-release planning
- Contribute to multi-agency meetings
- Complete robust and dynamic risk assessments and safeguarding practice
- Conduct suitable needs assessment tools, tailored to the individual
- Support and deliver effective pre-release planning
- Deliver gate liberation support at this critical juncture
- Deliver assertive outreach to individuals to maximise
- Enable mutually agreed and gradual endings to support provision
- Complete accurate and timely records on the case management system to maintain high quality service standards
- Identify suitable onward referrals at the earliest appropriate point
- Actively participate in partnership meetings to support team working and service improvement
- Adherence with role training (including requirements of NVT service, Scottish Prison Service and organisation training)
- Flexible and responsive to service demand and willingness to work across cohorts and prison establishments as required

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