Specialist Prison and Probation Advocate

Role: Specialist Prison and Probation Advocate

Based: HMP Bronzefield

Rate: £18 - £20 umb

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Temp ongoing

Hours: Full-time

Our client, an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, is looking to recruit a Specialist Prison and Probation Advocate

Synopsis of Duties:

• Ensure effective access to the service for women and encourage their engagement with services, through multi-agency working, service flexibility, and developing prison and
• community referral pathways, where required, from other professionals across specialist services.
• At the point of entry into the prison- triage, support, and create action plans in collaboration with the woman; to support in addressing their multiple and individual needs and enable them to engage with services, which will result in timely and prescribed outcomes being achieved.
• Hold a caseload with high turnover and within a fast-paced prison environment; conducting comprehensive assessments and delivering support that includes delivery of high-quality face-to-face crisis intervention, information, and advocacy.
• To assist clients with maintaining or accessing suitable accommodation, finance, benefits and debt, family, and social inclusion support including negotiating terms on behalf of the women
• Ensure that interventions are responsive to and meet the needs of women from diverse and minoritised backgrounds
• To be a single point of contact and support women to plan effectively for their release, the day of release including access to welfare grants and facilitating onward referral to an appropriate Women s Service provider in their locality including Advance.
• To support on the day of release, providing advice and guidance on release including through the gate support.
• To liaise with prison staff, including health care and security staff to ensure close cooperation to support women coming into custody.
• To be responsible for identifying safeguarding and supporting ACCT documents.
• To be a responsible keyholder within the prison setting and to follow health & safety and security processes within the prison.
• Attend regular events and SMT meetings with relevant services within the prison
• Facilitating and co-facilitating in structured group work and delivering interventions, such as intervention screening in prison
• Work towards contractual targets and outcomes within agreed timescales and in line with specified quality standards.
• Using agreed CRM and prison databases to record all activity relating to caseload ensuring all information is recorded within agreed deadlines
• Work with the Senior Services Manager, Service/Team Manager, and Data Insights Analyst to ensure all monitoring and evaluation for the project is accurate and fully maintained, keeping managers informed of any issues and successes.
• Work effectively in close collaboration with partner services, and external agencies.
• Use appropriate institutional advocacy to maximise positive outcomes and use the appropriate reporting mechanisms to highlight persistent or recurring issues that arise.

Essential Requirements:

• Knowledge of issues facing women offenders and those at risk of offending; both in and out of prison custody.
• Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload including maintaining and updating internal and prison records, remaining focused on action plan goals, and keeping to deadlines
• Working with vulnerable people, preferably women with multiple needs.
• DBS on the update service
• Full Prison Vetting
• Available immediately

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.