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Programmes and Learning Officer - Women’s Estates

Pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust)

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Overview

Join us as a Groupwork Development Officer in our Women’s Estates, where you’ll coordinate and deliver high‑quality groupwork programmes that strengthen relationships, support parenting, and improve outcomes for children and families.
£32,130
Per year
Full time, Temporary
(37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.  Fixed Term – 9 months from April 2026)
HMP Styal, Wilmslow

Key information

Working within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) rules and regulations, you will help reduce the risk of re‑offending by facilitating practical, evidence‑based interventions and creating a safe, supportive learning environment.

Location: National coverage, with primary base at HMP Styal and delivery at HMP Drake Hall and HMP Foston Hall. Occasional travel and overnight stays may be required.

About the role

  • Design and deliver PACT relationship and parenting courses, plus one‑to‑one booklet support, ensuring materials and evaluation data are kept current and centrally accessible.
  • Recruit and assess participants, promote courses across the estate, and contribute to the development of new content and learning materials that meet women’s needs.
  • Build strong partnerships with prison agencies and colleagues to ensure smooth running of the programme and effective referral procedures.
  • Support peer learning, helping women in custody to develop a Peer working programme and progress towards Level 2 Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) with NCFE.
  • Record and report outcomes accurately, attend key meetings, and provide timely performance feedback and monthly service updates.
  • Safeguarding first: adhere at all times to Safeguarding, Data Security, Prison Security Procedures, and confidentiality requirements.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome requests for job adverts and descriptions in accessible formats (for example larger text) for candidates with disabilities, including those with neurodiversity. Please contact us via hr.resume@prisonadvice.org.uk, if you require any support in engaging in our recruitment process.


Requirements

You’re an engaging facilitator with excellent presentation and communication skills, able to remain calm and effective in challenging environments. You can manage a busy workload, work in partnership at both strategic and operational levels, and are confident using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for data and outcome recording. A background working directly with people with convictions, families under stress and/or disadvantaged groups is essential; experience in criminal justice is desirable. Adult training credentials (such as  Level 3 in Adult Education and Training or PGCE) or equivalent experience are required.