NEPACS – Training for Individuals Working with Children and Families
Nepacs is a long standing charity working in the north east of England to support a positive future for prisoners and their families or significant others.
The charity offers a range of training courses for professionals working with children and families to help increase awareness of the needs of prisoners’ families and how agencies can work together to support them.
The following virtual training is currently being offered by Nepacs:
16 February – Hidden sentence awareness (2.5hrs)
8 & 15 March – Hidden sentence full training split over 2 sessions 2.5 hrs each
16 March – Care leaver awareness (3hrs)
22 March – NEW Parental rights in prison awareness (2.5hrs)
23 March – Listening support skills (2.5hrs)
Prices range from £20pp to £35pp (for the full Hidden Sentence training).
Find out more and book a place at www.bookwhen.com/nepacs
Tees Valley Women’s Centre – Job Vacancy
Outreach Worker
£22,000 per annum & mileage payments
9 am – 4 pm Monday to Friday
Tees Valley Women’s Centre are seeking to recruit a full time Outreach Worker to increase their ability to reach out to vulnerable and isolated women.
Applicants need to be experienced in community work, have good people, communication & organisational skills, be aware of the barriers facing women, be competent in I.T., possess a full clean driving license and have access to their own vehicle.
The role will involve providing support to allow women to access services otherwise inaccessible for them.
Other duties will include raising awareness of the Centre’s services, identifying, and creating partnerships, adhering to and updating protocols such as data protection, safeguarding and monitoring progress of individual women.
Please note that this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check and it is a genuine occupational qualification that a females takes on this role, and the post is exempt under section 7 (2) (e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
This is a 5 year post funded by the National Lottery Community fund.
Please send CV in the first instance to Donna Middleton
donna.middleton@tvwc.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 4th March 2022.
