Volunteer opportunity – Prisons
Looking to volunteer and have a heart for children and families facing disadvantages? Maybe you could be our Prisons volunteer…
Details
Role title: Prison Volunteer
Location: HMP Brixton, HMP Wormwood Scrubs or HMP Pentonville
Contract: Commitment to a minimum of one year
Hours of work: 4-8 hours per week
Salary: Unpaid
Role description
Overall purpose
Supporting the facilitation of Kids Matter parenting programs in prisons to encourage dads to grow in confidence, competence, and community.
The appointed Prison Volunteer will:
- Support the delivery of Kids Matter’s prison parenting workshops
- Help build relationships within the prison community
- Work alongside Kids Matter and other charities to help fathers build strong links with their families
Time commitment
Commitment to a minimum of one year, 4-8 hours per week, depending on prison placement.
The programme runs for five weeks* (four sessions followed by one Kids Matter Family visit day). There will be breaks between each programme, and we hope to run three programmes across the year in each prison.
*Please note that programme schedules may vary based on the prison location.
Before the programme starts:
- Familiarise self with programme content
- Meet with the team
- Attend Kids Matter training
- Complete prison security checks and training (where required)
During the programme:
- 4 weeks of 2-hour sessions plus set-up and set-down (roughly 4 hours per week)
- 3-hour Kids Matter Family Visit if applicable
After programme:
- Review and debrief with team
Kids Matter Training
Before the programme begins, attend a minimum of 4.5 hours of bespoke training (depending on your level of prison experience you may be expected to attend more training).
We want to recruit, retain and develop a team which reflects the diversity of the communities we work with. Therefore, we actively encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and varied experiences and skillsets to help shape the work and future of Kids Matter.
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How we work
We are a fully remote organisation, which means we don’t have a central office from which we all work. Instead we are dotted all over the UK working from our homes, coffee shops, co-working spaces – basically wherever helps us get our best work done. We meet up twice a year in-person as a whole team, and there are opportunities to meet together as individual teams as needs arise.
As a team we know we are far from the genuinely diverse organisation we strive to be but we are on a journey with EDI and we will not give up until we are a place where people from every background feel they can belong. You can read more about our EDI work here.
Our values
At Kids Matter, we have committed to a set of culture values that we hold ourselves accountable to in all that we do. They motivate and guide us as a team as we seek to reach our vision.
Faithful
We put our faith in God and we are fiercely loyal to our mission and vision.
Respectful
We draw alongside others and genuinely listen, affirming the dignity of everyone we encounter.
Excellence
We go above and beyond to provide the best quality in all we do.
Positive
We choose to be grateful, to be hopeful, and to see possibility in everyone.
Ambitious
We push for all to achieve their full potential so that together we can fulfil our vision of every child in need being raised in a strong family.
Why volunteer for Kids Matter?
- Help make a positive impact in the lives of fathers in prison
- Develop your facilitation skills which will help with personal growth and transferable skills
- Build a network within HMP prisons
- Be part of promoting and helping sustain positive change within the criminal justice system
- Become part of the wider Kids Matter team
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