Intensive Supervision Court Advocate
Salary: £29,114 (pro rata, per annum)
Location: Bradford
Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time)
Contract: Until March 2027
Closing date: Monday 3rd August 2026, 12pm (noon)
Interview date: Friday 14th August 2026
To apply please attach your CV and a 2-page covering letter stating which of the two locations you are appying to and also setting out how you meet the role requirements/person specification listed on the job description.
Please note that a cover letter is required as part of your application. You must upload this at the end of the application process by selecting ‘Add Supporting Documents’ under ‘Review Your Application’.
Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.
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Job Highlights
This role will provide support on a 1-1 basis to women experiencing sexual exploitation, facilitation of drop ins, and delivering therapeutic group work. The role will also require finding innovation solutions to help women address immediate needs and ‘crisis’, supporting women with disclosures of sexual violence and the police process.
The ASEP partnership also works to influence change to policy and practice at local and national levels, to systemically improve outcomes for women who are experiencing/have experienced sexual exploitation.
There is a sustained focus on staff training, reflective practice and supervision appropriate to the specialist nature of the service and staff’s individual roles and responsibilities.
- Provide intensive one to one support to women who have been groomed and sexually exploited.
- Engage with additional women having client-led ‘light-touch’ engagement with the project, e.g. through attending drop-ins.
- Provide weekly drop-in opportunities for women in the local area.
- Deliver trauma-informed group work programmes.
- Complete regular risk assessment tools for each case supported and risk management plans, including DASH RIC assessments.
- Provide culturally sensitive, trauma-informed support and case management.
- Build trust and engagement with women who may be reluctant to access mainstream support.
- Address language and communication barriers and providing interpretation, or access to interpreting services where minimally required.
- Completing initial assessment using the Gender Wellbeing Assessment (GWA) tool, and review to measure progress following support.
- Develop positive relationships with local community organisations and BAMER groups.
- Promote the project through external team meetings and presentations, and develop and maintain good working relationships with key organisations and their staff to support women to gain access to the services they require.
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For more information and the complete role profile, please visit https://togetherwomen.org/work-for-us/
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and Enhanced Level 1 Vetting.
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Join Our Team
Together Women provides trauma-informed, gender-responsive support to women across the North of England through a series of Women’s Centres. We offer tailored support with housing, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, addiction recovery, finances, employment and work to reduce women’s contact with the Criminal Justice System.
What we can offer you
Employee Benefits:
- 25 days holiday increasing by one day per year to a max of 30 days, plus public holidays
- Pension scheme with a 5% employer contribution, rising to a maximum 10% matched contribution after 7+ years of service.
- We offer an annual cost of living increase of up to 4%, subject to agreement of the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Authority Services and Funding permitted.
- Enhanced Training and Induction programme covering all areas of Together Women’s work
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme with free telephone counselling service
- Clinical Supervision for all frontline key workers
- Employee eye-care scheme and free eye tests
- Organisation-wide away days
- Career development pathways
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We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system.
The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.
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Role Requirements
Essential Requirements
- Experience of safeguarding children and women at risk of abuse and knowledge of safeguarding procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by women, the pathways into offending, and the impact this can have on their life chances and outcomes
- Experience of working with women in BAMER communities.
- Experience of working with women within a support role/ frontline capacity, ideally with experience of strengths-based working and/or trauma-informed approaches
- Experience of assessing needs and risks, and translating these into a person-centred support and safety plan, and offering advice and guidance
- Ability to speak priority languages – middle eastern or south Asian communities (i.e. Urdu, Punjabi, Pushto etc)
- Experience of working in an environment that requires confidentiality.
- Experience of case management and recording, or equivalent record keeping experience
- Ability to communicate with senior professionals from the voluntary and statutory sector
- Knowledge of the causes and effects related to sexual exploitation, homelessness and substance misuse
- Willing to work in cooperation with team members
- Willing to work flexibly within their role
- Strong IT skills (PC literate and competent in using MS Office)
- GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths & English - Grade C or above
Desirable Requirements
- Relevant NVQ or equivalent at Level 3 or 4
- Health and Social Care Qualification
- Experience & competence in report writing
- Experience of working within the UK voluntary sector, or a women’s sector organisation
- Awareness of the issues affecting women with children in the criminal justice system
- Advocacy experience or skills
- Experience of working with individuals who are socially excluded
- Experience/ an understanding of working within the criminal justice system
- Experience of group work
- Experience of delivering presentations to internal or external colleagues
To apply please attach your CV and a 2-page covering letter setting out how you meet the role requirements/person specification listed on the job description.
Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.
Pay: £29,114.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.
- As part of your application, you must upload a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the role requirements and person specification set out in the job description.
Please do not upload or enter your cover letter within this application question. Instead, you must upload it at the end of the application process by selecting ‘Add Supporting Documents’ under ‘Review Your Application’.
*Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.*
Work Location: In person
