Job Title: Women's Support Worker (Commissioned Rehabilitative Service (CRS) for women subject to probation supervision)
(This post is restricted to women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010)
This post is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Location: Venues across West Mercia, and Willowdene Women’s Centre, Chorley, Shropshire. It is anticipated that this post will hold a caseload in Shrewsbury, Telford and Shropshire.
Salary: The salary for this role is £27,400 during probationary period rising to £28,300 (Full-time)
Hours: Full time (usually 9 – 5 but with occasional flexibility as need arises);
Responsible to: Women’s Centre CRS team lead
Background to the project
Willowdene Rehabilitation was established in 1988 and is a leading provider of rehabilitative interventions across the criminal justice system, substance misuse, homelessness and employability sectors. In 2017, Local Initiatives Nurturing Change (LINC) was founded as a gender-specific Whole System’s Approach project within Willowdene to meet women’s needs holistically and address the root causes of offending, by intercepting cycles of trauma, disadvantage and abuse. From June 2021, Willowdene has provided the bespoke women’s intervention for the Probation Service within West Mercia, alongside its diversionary work.
Aim:
Willowdene is recruiting a full time female Women’s Centre Worker to work with women within the Criminal Justice System. The postholder will be based at Willowdene, as well as within locations in West Mercia communities to develop strong partnership relationships with both referrers and relevant local services, to support women via holistic, trauma-informed assessment and intervention to reduce offending.
Key Tasks:
- Build excellent professional pro-social relationships with referred women by completing a full assessment in a trauma-informed way and supporting women to fulfil their aims, via both individual support work and groupwork.
- Work closely with referrers and partner agencies to share information and develop consistent and holistic interventions for each woman.
- Support and promote needs in relation to protected characteristics.
- Deliver specific interventions to meet identified needs, including delivering training and qualifications to women.
- Complete Willowdene records and feedback to referrers fully and in a timely way, and contribute to the evaluation and monitoring of the overall project.
- Work as a team with other members of Willowdene’s team to promote best practice, cover work flexibly, and support colleagues.
- Attend training and development sessions as relevant and as provided and develop own practice by maintaining and improving knowledge of relevant work practices.
- Attend all relevant meetings as and when directed or identified, which will include attendance at multiagency meetings.
- Perform any other duties as may be reasonably expected from you as directed by line management, including driving small groups of women to and from groupwork sessions at Willowdene.
This list should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. There will be other duties and requirements associated with this role; and, in addition, as a term of your employment you may be required to undertake various other duties as may reasonably be expected.
The post holder is expected to work within the policies and procedures of Willowdene and be committed to our ethos and values. This includes promoting and demonstrating the principles of equal opportunity (including encouraging diversity and tackling discrimination) and sensitivity to the environment.
The post holder must be aware of individual responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and identify and report as necessary any untoward accident, incident or potentially hazardous environment. This appointment is subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
Job Types: Full-time
Salary: £27,400 to £28,300 per annum
Benefits:
- On-site parking
- Use of bookable Willowdene vehicles for travel
Work remotely:
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £27,400.00-£28,300.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
