Community Keyworker - Hampshire, Portsmouth
Client:
Advance
Location:
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
5
Posted:
14.02.2025
Expiry Date:
31.03.2025
Job Description:
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for 2 Community Key Workers
Location: 2x Hampshire, Portsmouth
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2026
Hours a week: 35 Hours per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
As a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one-to-one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
To be successful as the Community Key Worker you will need the below experience and skills:
* Hold a UK driving licence with access to a car that can be used for work purposes.
* A creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs.
* Confident professional relationship builder with good awareness of Safeguarding procedures.
* Strong Administration skills and understanding of compliant behaviours.
* Experience of supporting individuals.
* Good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions within the Hampshire area.
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
Interview Dates: 6th and 10th March 2025
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
* An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
* Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
* Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
* Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee eye-care scheme
* Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
* Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
* Organisation wide away days
* Thorough induction and training
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.
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