Applications Now Closed. Job Vacancy: Prison Visiting & Resettlement Worker

Prison Visiting & Resettlement Worker

Permanent post

Hours: 25.5 hours per week (More hours may be available)

Salary £15,182.70 per annum, (£22,327.50 pro rata), £11.45/hr

Located at: The Jericho Road Project Base – 1a Chestnut Grove, Nottingham NG3 5AD

Responsible to: The Project Manager

The Jericho Road Project (JRP) is a Christian Urban Mission project working with those at risk of or affected by the sex industry in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Established for over 22 years, we have a small staff team and around 60 volunteers from churches across Nottinghamshire. We currently work with around 120 women engaged in or affected by the sex industry both on and off street.

This is a key post, offering an exciting opportunity, to further build our prison work and respond to current opportunities to expand our prison activities. The Prison Visiting and Resettlement Worker is responsible for the regular visits made to JRP service users in prison, providing support and enabling them to consider a future outside the sex industry. Many of our service users receive a prison sentence and/or engage with the judicial system at some stage and this period can be a significant opportunity for change. This post offers an exciting opportunity to work with these women at this point in their lives and beyond.

Responsible to our Project Managers, the postholder will work closely with our Befriending, housing support and resettlement team members in particular. The role includes managing and co-ordinating a team of volunteers and working with prisons and agencies, including Christian projects and churches, to ensure that resettlement options are available to women upon release from prison. The work will involve offering support in prayer, pastoral, practical and problem-solving capacities and we are currently piloting a creative arts course with women in prison which is an exciting development in supporting their wellbeing.

You must have experience of working with marginalised and excluded people and of working with volunteers. You should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the issues faced by the women we work with and have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. You should have the ability to operate in a calm and supportive manner at all times, including in stressful contexts. You should be able to motivate others and enjoy working in a team.

You must also hold a current driving license, have a good range of IT skills and be able to work occasional evenings and weekends. Applicants will have to demonstrate an ability to support and promote the Christian ethos of the JRP.

Relevant training and supervision will be provided to ensure that high quality support is developed and provided for every individual we work with.

For further details about the post and an application pack please contact the Jericho Road Project on 0115 8453691 or admin@jerichoroad.org.uk

The closing date for applications is Monday 10th July 2023.  Interviews will take place shortly after.

This post is open to WOMEN ONLY and is subject to exemption from the Sex Discrimination Act Section 7.2e.

An occupational requirement exists for the post holder to be a practicing Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.