About us
Changing Lives is a nationwide charity helping people facing the most challenging of circumstances to make positive change - for good. We believe that everyone deserves a safe home, a rewarding job and a life free from addiction or abuse. We know that given the right support, anyone can change their life for the better.
Our services across the country help thousands of people each year who are experiencing a wide range of complicated challenges, including homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, unemployment, involvement with the criminal justice system, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse. By focusing on their strengths, potential and opportunities, we support the people we work with to overcome their problems and live safe, successful, independent lives.
Our charity is powered by over 600 passionate colleagues who bring a diverse and inclusive environment for our colleagues to grow. We are proud to say that many have actual lived experience of the challenges faced by those we support. We are looking for committed and compassionate professionals to join our team, who share our enthusiasm for changing lives.
About the Service - Criminal Justice Services
Changing Lives delivers a range of projects that support women involved in the Criminal Justice System. We believe that individuals become involved in the Criminal Justice System for a complex range of reasons.
Our experience has taught us that to help women stop offending and to rebuild their lives, we must address the underlying causes of crime. Our services are underpinned by an in-depth understanding of trauma and we support women to address challenges such as domestic abuse, homelessness or poor housing, helping women to develop tools to ensure that trauma in their past does not define the rest of their lives. We know that with the right support around them, women so often are able to break the cycle of crisis and crime.
We currently deliver diversion from custody schemes, education, training and employment services, and holistic services to women serving community sentences or following release from custody. We also provide some pre-release services and have a presence across a number of women’s prisons nationally. Our criminal justice services cover Northumbria, Cleveland, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
About the Job
We are seeking to appoint a Criminal Justice Outreach Coach to join our ever-expanding Service. Working as part of a dynamic team of Criminal Justice Coaches, the successful candidate with be compassionate, enthusiastic and possess excellent engagement skills to support women and engage with them in a group or one to one basis and assist women to make a successful transition from custody to the community.
This role is agile working which will include being office based, providing outreach support within the community, and supporting with group-work in community hubs, therefore you will need to be able to work effectively both independently and as a team. Based in Newcastle, you will be expected to travel across Northumbria and to HMP Low Newton, therefore a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle is required - mileage allowance is provided. Please note the successful candidate will also be expected to achieve Enhanced Level 1 Vetting and we will you through this process.
At Changing Lives we value a diverse workforce and are keen to recruit people of all ages and from all backgrounds, abilities and ethnicities. Due to the specific requirements of this role this post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010 and we can therefore only accept applications from female candidates.
