Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Women's Justice Worker
Women's Justice Centre,
Salary £32,010 - £37,626
Hours: 36 per week
Edinburgh Justice Services are committed to providing high quality services while ensuring a compassionate approach to people accessing our services and supporting staff wellbeing. We offer a high level of training to support continuous professional development and to deliver a broad range of interventions, including established accredited group work programmes. We are implementing Trauma Informed Care, Safe & Together and Restorative Justice practice models and interventions across our services. We have established a Women's Centre, where all Justice Services for women are delivered from, to reduce barriers and meet the needs of women involved in the Justice System.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Willow Services, working from the Women's Justice Centre where we offer trauma informed, gender specific services and operate in line with the evidenced based key principles. Women that are aged 18 and above can attend as part of a statutory order or voluntarily, including women entitled to support due to their partner's/ex-partner's involvement with the Caledonian system. The team is multi-disciplinary and includes support workers, social workers, psychologists, nursing staff as well as key 3rd sector partners and peer supporters, all of whom contribute to the delivery of a range of interventions and support offered to the women in an integrated way. This includes the provision of one to one and group work interventions as well as community outreach support.
The post holder will contribute to a broad range of provision alongside colleagues from other disciplines/services. The post holder will be an experienced worker, with an in-depth knowledge of the justice system and understanding about the specific issues facing women. They will have worked with people experiencing mental health difficulties and affected by complex trauma and understand best practice approaches. The post requires experience in contributing to the assessment and management of risk, working within various legal frameworks within justice and includes working within the adult support and protection legislation.
The post is open to female candidates only (Occupational Requirement exception under Equality Act 2010). This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.
Requirements
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
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