Overview
Visits Receptionist – Part time 26 hours – East Riding of Yorkshire
Permanent
£22,932
Make a Meaningful Impact Every Day
Are you passionate about supporting families and individuals during challenging times? Do you thrive in a role that blends compassion, organisation, and teamwork? Forward Trust is seeking a dedicated Prison Visits Centre Reception Worker to join our dynamic Connections Team at HMP Millsike.
This is a pivotal role in delivering our core Connections Services, which include:
- Connections Visits
- Family and Relationship Support
- Health, Wellbeing & Substance Misuse Services
As the first point of contact for visitors to the prison, you’ll help create a welcoming and respectful environment, easing the emotional stress of visits while ensuring security and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Greet and register visitors, ensuring punctuality and accurate documentation
- Create a calm, supportive reception environment to reduce visitor anxiety
- Provide practical advice, emotional support, and signposting to relevant services
- Collaborate with Family & Relationship Practitioners and external agencies
- Maintain confidentiality and uphold security protocols
- Manage the Visits Helpline and respond to enquiries promptly
- Keep the reception area clean, organised, and stocked with resources
- Serve refreshments and assist with special visits or family events
Partnership & Collaboration
- Work closely with prison security staff to ensure safe and smooth visits
- Support multi-disciplinary team meetings and safeguarding discussions
- Liaise with external agencies to provide holistic support to visitors
Continuous Improvement & Safeguarding
- Collect visitor feedback to improve service delivery
- Monitor visitor flow and report operational issues
- Stay up-to-date through training and development
- Ensure all activities comply with safeguarding and security policies
Administration & Flexibility
- Maintain accurate visitor logs and incident reports
- Handle calls and enquiries related to visits
- Support a clean, welcoming reception space
- Flexibility required, including evenings and weekends
Why Join Us?
At Forward Trust, we believe in second chances and strong connections. You’ll be part of a team that makes a real difference in the lives of prisoners and their families—offering support, dignity, and hope.
About Us
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits –
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata’d for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.
To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.
Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work
If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.
