Location: Regionally Based (Specific Region TBC) / Co-located with partners + Occasional London Travel
Contract Type: Temporary (Duration to be confirmed)
Are you passionate about empowering women involved in the criminal justice system? Join our client's dedicated team on a temporary basis!
Our client, a leading organisation providing specialist support services, is seeking compassionate and skilled Temporary Community Keyworkers. You will play a vital role in a service dedicated to helping women address complex needs across the 9 pathways to offending, reduce their risk of re-offending, and build safer, independent, crime-free lives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide essential prison in-reach support to women nearing release (via phone, video call, or face-to-face).
- Meet women "at the gate" upon release to ensure immediate support.
- Conduct comprehensive holistic needs and risk assessments.
- Develop, implement, and regularly review individualised support plans using a trauma-informed approach.
- Deliver consistent 1-to-1 emotional and practical support in the community.
- Build and maintain strong professional relationships with clients, probation staff, and local support agencies.
- Advocate effectively for women's needs with external partners (e.g., housing, health services).
- Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential case records on required systems.
- Knowledge: You possess an in-depth understanding of the complex issues faced by women offenders or those at risk of offending.
- Experience: You have significant experience working directly with women facing multiple disadvantages (e.g., homelessness, substance misuse, domestic abuse, mental health challenges), ideally within a criminal justice context. You are skilled in needs assessment, risk assessment, and risk management. You have experience managing professional boundaries and responding effectively to challenging situations.
- Skills: You have strong crisis management skills and remain calm under pressure. You are an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills. You can effectively manage a varied caseload, prioritise tasks, and work autonomously. You possess good administrative and IT skills for record-keeping and support planning. You demonstrate a passion for motivating others, enabling change, and engaging hard-to-reach individuals. You are adept at networking, advocacy, and problem-solving.
How to Apply:
Please click apply or contact Oliver Jefferson on oliver.jefferson@servicecare.org.uk
